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Title: Artificially structured boundary plasma trap

Abstract

A computer simulation is presented of single-species non-neutral plasma confinement using an artificially structured boundary. The artificially structured boundary produces a spatially periodic static electromagnetic field along the plasma periphery such that the spatial period of the applied field is much smaller than the dimensions of the confined plasma. The simulated non-neutral plasma self-consistently produces an electrostatic potential energy well for oppositely signed charged particles. The results support the prospect of developing plasma space-charge based confinement, with an unmagnetized plasma of one species of charged particles confined by an electric field produced by an edge-confined plasma of a second species of charged particles. The Warp particle-in-cell code is used for the simulations.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Ball Aerospace, Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States)
  2. Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1609769
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1563033
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-06ER54883
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Physics; Electromagnetism; Plasma confinement; Computer simulation; Ion-trap; Antiparticles; Plasma properties and parameters; Particle-in-cell method; Electrostatics; Magnetic fields

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Hedlof, R. M., and Ordonez, C. A. Artificially structured boundary plasma trap. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5116349.
Hedlof, R. M., & Ordonez, C. A. Artificially structured boundary plasma trap. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5116349
Hedlof, R. M., and Ordonez, C. A. Sun . "Artificially structured boundary plasma trap". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5116349. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1609769.
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abstractNote = {A computer simulation is presented of single-species non-neutral plasma confinement using an artificially structured boundary. The artificially structured boundary produces a spatially periodic static electromagnetic field along the plasma periphery such that the spatial period of the applied field is much smaller than the dimensions of the confined plasma. The simulated non-neutral plasma self-consistently produces an electrostatic potential energy well for oppositely signed charged particles. The results support the prospect of developing plasma space-charge based confinement, with an unmagnetized plasma of one species of charged particles confined by an electric field produced by an edge-confined plasma of a second species of charged particles. The Warp particle-in-cell code is used for the simulations.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5116349},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 9,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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