Published March 2011 | Version v1
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Calibrated cylindrical Mach probe in a plasma wind tunnel

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Magnetic Self Organization, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1397 (United States)
  • 2. Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 (United States)

Description

A simple cylindrical Mach probe is described along with an independent calibration procedure in a magnetized plasma wind tunnel. A particle orbit calculation corroborates our model. The probe operates in the weakly magnetized regime in which probe dimension and ion orbit are of the same scale. Analytical and simulation models are favorably compared with experimental calibration.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.3559550;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 033510-033510.6
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44021465
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; IONS; LANGMUIR PROBE; ORBITS; PLASMA; WIND TUNNELS
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; CONFIGURATION; ELECTRIC PROBES; EQUIPMENT; FUNCTIONS; PROBES; SIMULATION

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Notes
(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics