ON THE DETECTION OF ION OSCILLATIONS IN A MERCURY DISCHARGE,

Abstract

The possibility of using a low pressure mercury discharge to detect ion plasma oscillations was examined. It was found that 1) collisions will not interfere with the phenomenon; 2) the current which maintains the discharge will cause the waves to grow (through the two-stream instability) in a time comparable with or less than the oscillation period. Aside from complications caused by the fact that the maximum growth occurs at rather short wavelengths, detection of these waves appears quite feasible. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 09, 1960
Accession Number
AD0607699

Entities

People

  • Burton D. Fried
  • Roy W. Gould

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Detection
  • Instability
  • Oscillation
  • Plasma Oscillation
  • Short Wavelengths

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics