Non-neutral plasma expansion induced by electron-neutral collisions in a Malmberg-Penning trap

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2050-2055

  Chao, Edward H ^a   Davidson, Ronald C ^a   Paul, Stephen F ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL SYMMETRIES; BACKGROUND PRESSURE; BASE PRESSURE; BEST FIT; CONFINEMENT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON DIFFUSION; ELECTRON-NEUTRAL COLLISIONS; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES; EXPANSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL TORQUE; FREE PARAMETERS; FUNCTION OF TIME; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MALMBERG-PENNING TRAP; MEAN-SQUARE RADIUS; NEUTRAL GAS; NONNEUTRAL PLASMA; PLASMA EXPANSION; PRESSURE RANGES; PURE-ELECTRON PLASMAS; RADIAL DENSITY PROFILE; RADIAL POSITION; ROTATING PLASMAS; SINGLE SPECIES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; EXPANSION; HELIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

EID: 0442304436     PISSN: 07342101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.581724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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