Plasma Production Using Energetic Meandering Electrons
- 1 August 1995
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 34 (8R) , 4213-4216
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.34.4213
Abstract
When an electron is accelerated by an oscillating electric field in an inhomogeneous magnetic field which has a null point, it meanders along a chaotic orbit. The kinetic energy becomes larger than that of regular motion in an off-resonant homogeneous magnetic field. This effect explains the high efficiency of plasma production in the neutral line discharge (NLD).Keywords
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