AN INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF A PENNING PLASMA GENERATOR AS A SOURCE FOR A FLOWING PLASMA BEAM.
Abstract
Researchers have traditionally used an arc discharge and a confining magnetic field to create a collimated flowing plasma. The operational characteristics of a Penning Ionization Gauge, modified to create a collimated flowing plasma without confining magnetic fields, are described. The electron temperatures and density of the flowing plasma are measured and tabulated. Evaluation of the results shows stable and non-stable operating areas of the generator as a function of the electric and magnetic fields and generator geometry. The charged particle density within the beam demonstrated resonance and anti-resonance as a function of the electric and magnetic fields. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0651803
Entities
People
- Aylmer Raynolds Trivers
- David Morris Conrad
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology