Conductance Peaks in a Cylindrical Plasma Capacitor at the Cyclotron Harmonics
- 1 October 1970
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 41 (11) , 4652-4658
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1658511
Abstract
Theoretical and experimental results are presented for the conductance peaks at the cyclotron harmonics in a plasma-filled cylindrical capacitor. A theory is developed and is shown to predict peak height variation with density, harmonic number, and sheath thickness that is in agreement with experimental observation. A harmonic conductance peak is found to rise initially as density increases, only to fall to a minimum height as the upper hybrid frequency passes through that harmonic. Possible applications of this work to plasma diagnostics and further research are mentioned.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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