Measurements of fireball onset
Abstract
Laser-based measurements of the characteristic features of fireball onset and stabilization in response to a stepped voltage applied to an anode immersed in a low pressure (100 mTorr) helium afterglow are reported. These include spatial and temporal evolution of metastable species, electron density, and electric field magnitude as measured by planar laser induced fluorescence, laser-collision induced fluorescence, and laser-induced fluorescence-dip spectroscopy, respectively. These measurements are found to be in qualitative agreement with recent particle-in-cell simulations and theoretical models. The measurements validate the simulations and models in which fireball onset was predicted to follow from the trapping of electrons born from electron impact ionization within a potential well created by a buildup of ions in the sheath. The experimental measurements also demonstrate transient features following the onset that were not present in previous simulations. New simulation results are presented which demonstrate that these features are associated with the abruptness of the voltage step used to initiate fireball onset. In conclusion, an abrupt step in the anode bias causes rapid displacement of ions and an associated plasma potential response following the sheath and fireball expansion.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1464196
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1432906
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-2030J
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X; 666327
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; AC04-94SL85000; AC05-06OR23100
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Scheiner, Brett, Barnat, Edward V., Baalrud, Scott D., Hopkins, Matthew M., and Yee, Benjamin T. Measurements of fireball onset. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5026869.
Scheiner, Brett, Barnat, Edward V., Baalrud, Scott D., Hopkins, Matthew M., & Yee, Benjamin T. Measurements of fireball onset. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026869
Scheiner, Brett, Barnat, Edward V., Baalrud, Scott D., Hopkins, Matthew M., and Yee, Benjamin T. Thu .
"Measurements of fireball onset". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026869. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1464196.
@article{osti_1464196,
title = {Measurements of fireball onset},
author = {Scheiner, Brett and Barnat, Edward V. and Baalrud, Scott D. and Hopkins, Matthew M. and Yee, Benjamin T.},
abstractNote = {Laser-based measurements of the characteristic features of fireball onset and stabilization in response to a stepped voltage applied to an anode immersed in a low pressure (100 mTorr) helium afterglow are reported. These include spatial and temporal evolution of metastable species, electron density, and electric field magnitude as measured by planar laser induced fluorescence, laser-collision induced fluorescence, and laser-induced fluorescence-dip spectroscopy, respectively. These measurements are found to be in qualitative agreement with recent particle-in-cell simulations and theoretical models. The measurements validate the simulations and models in which fireball onset was predicted to follow from the trapping of electrons born from electron impact ionization within a potential well created by a buildup of ions in the sheath. The experimental measurements also demonstrate transient features following the onset that were not present in previous simulations. New simulation results are presented which demonstrate that these features are associated with the abruptness of the voltage step used to initiate fireball onset. In conclusion, an abrupt step in the anode bias causes rapid displacement of ions and an associated plasma potential response following the sheath and fireball expansion.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5026869},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 4,
volume = 25,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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