Investigations on loop antenna excited whistler waves in a cylindrical plasma based on laboratory experiments and simulations

Journal Article · Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4763558· OSTI ID:22068804

Pfannmoeller, J P ^[1]; Lechte, C ^[2]; Grulke, O; Klinger, T ^[1]

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1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Assoziation, Greifswald (Germany)
2. Institut fuer Plasmaforschung, Stuttgart (Germany)

Experimental investigations and simulations of loop antenna excited whistler waves in a cylindrical low temperature plasma are presented. Experiments are performed in the VINETA [Franck et al., Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 14, 226 (2005)] device and simulations are generated using IPF-FD3D [C. Lechte, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 37, 1099 (2009)], an implementation of the Yee-algorithm. A good agreement of the experiment and the simulation is found. The simulation is used to predict the spatial structure of the wave, the dominant source of the electric field, the relative contribution of electron, and displacement current as well as parallel and perpendicular currents to the magnetic field of the wave.

• OSTI ID: 22068804
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 10; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ALGORITHMS
ANTENNAS
COLD PLASMA
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLASMA SIMULATION
THEORETICAL DATA
WHISTLERS