Reduction of line cusp leak width accompanying a suppression of very broad low frequency noise

1 March 1983

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Physics

Vol. 25 (3) , 287-290
https://doi.org/10.1088/0032-1028/25/3/002

Abstract

Low frequency wide-band noises below 5 MHz spontaneously excited around plasma boundaries near a line cusp were suppressed by the positive bias to a mesh inserted at the cusp with a result of marked reduction of leak width to a value of the order of the hybrid diameter.

Keywords

LINE CUSP
LEAK WIDTH
CUSP LEAK
WIDTH ACCOMPANYING
LOW FREQUENCY
MARKED REDUCTION
NOISES
MHZ SPONTANEOUSLY

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