Transport of a Low-Energy Ion Beam with Ballistic Focusing

Autor: V. P. Tarakanov, T. V. Koval
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Plasma Physics Reports. 47:840-849
ISSN: 1562-6938
1063-780X
DOI: 10.1134/s1063780x21080079
Popis: Transport of an ion beam in a hemispherical equipotential drift space is studied by the PiC method. It is shown that the collector current transfers into a pulsed mode caused by the dynamic processes of the formation of a virtual anode and neutralization of its positive charge by plasma and secondary electrons at the energy of the injected ions of W ≤ Wc (Wc is the critical energy). The critical energy Wc = 2 keV for an ion current of Ib = 1 А at a gas density of ng = 1013 cm–3. The critical energy and the period of oscillation of the beam current at the collector depend on the ion energy, beam current, and gas density.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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