THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A SURFACE WAVE ON A TEMPERATE COLLISIONAL PLASMA COLUMN,

Abstract

The axisymmetric TM (Transverse Magnetic) surface wave mode, excited by a magnetic current source and propagated on a uniform temperate plasma column with collisions, is analyzed. Numerical solutions of the determinantal equation for the sourceless problem are presented. The theory was implemented by an experiment performed on a low pressure (4-600muHg) DC Argon discharge (20-400mA) in a thin-walled glass tube, coupled with a Fabry-Perot type resonator of adjustable length. An estimation was made of an average electron density and an effective collision frequency in the discharge, at a given pressure and current. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645953

Entities

People

  • Nicholas J. Kolettis

Organizations

  • Case Western Reserve University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axisymmetric
  • Charged Particles
  • Collisions
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Equations
  • Fermions
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Leptons
  • Resonators
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics