Published May 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Temporal process of plasma discharge by an electron beam

  • 1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790 (Japan)
  • 2. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565 (Japan)

Description

The process of the plasma discharge due to an electron beam is experimentally investigated. A pulse (∼540 μs) of an electron beam (0.5 endash 1.5 keV, ≤20 mA) is injected into argon gas (5x10-5 endash 5x10-4 Torr) in a magnetic field (50 endash 300 G). The discharge based on a gas break down occurs cascade-likely in time. The gas beak down with some steps is explained by the two stream instability of an electron beam-plasma system, from the observation of the temporal evolution of the frequency spectra (0 endash 3.0 GHz) of the instability and the measurement of the temporal plasma density and temperature. copyright 1996 American Institute of Physics

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
369
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1205-1210.
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
12. international conference on laser interaction and related plasma phenomena.
Dates
24-28 Apr 1995.
Place
Osaka (Japan).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28016607
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ARGON; BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS; BREAKDOWN; ELECTRON BEAMS; HIGH VACUUM; KEV RANGE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TIMING PROPERTIES
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; LEPTON BEAMS; NONMETALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RARE GASES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-950476--.