Title :
Plasma Interaction With a Static Spatially Periodic Electromagnetic Field
Author :
Pacheco, J.L. ; Ordonez, C.A. ; Weathers, D.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Abstract :
Initial research on a static electromagnetic “force field” is presented. The force field consists of a planar sequence of magnetic cusps that are electrostatically plugged. Electrostatic plugging with applied potential variations that are similar to those applied to one side of a nested Penning trap allows a force field to reflect incident charged particles of either signs of charge. Experimental and computational results are reported.
Keywords :
particle traps; plasma diagnostics; plasma transport processes; electrostatic plugging; incident charged particles; magnetic cusps; nested Penning trap; plasma interaction; static spatially periodic electromagnetic field; Electric potential; Electrostatics; Force; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic separation; Magnetostatics; Plasmas; plasma confinement spatially periodic field;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2011.2158669
