The reflecting and transmitting effects of a planar unidirectionally conducting screen are analyzed based on the accurate closed-form expression for electric field of an arbitrarily oriented electric dipole.For a dipo...The reflecting and transmitting effects of a planar unidirectionally conducting screen are analyzed based on the accurate closed-form expression for electric field of an arbitrarily oriented electric dipole.For a dipole oriented along the wire elements of the screen,the screen acts as a perfectly electrically conducting plane.For a dipole perpendicular to the wire elements,the fields reflected by the screen can be interpreted as the contribution of an image dipole and image transmission-line current source,while the transmitted field is arisen from image transmission-line source.The expressions of related surface waves are derived and can be compared with previous results.展开更多
The influence of a high-intensity laser field on the inelastic interactions between a swift B_(3)^(+) cluster ion and a plasma target is studied by means of the linearized Vlasov–Poisson theory.Excitations of the pla...The influence of a high-intensity laser field on the inelastic interactions between a swift B_(3)^(+) cluster ion and a plasma target is studied by means of the linearized Vlasov–Poisson theory.Excitations of the plasma are described by the classical plasma dielectric function.In the presence of the laser field,the general expressions for the induced potential in the target and the interaction force among the ions within the cluster are derived.Based on the numerical solution of the equations of motion for the constituent ions,the Coulomb explosion patterns and the cluster's energy losses are discussed for a range of laser parameters.展开更多
A new ground-based expenmental device,the Space Plasma Environment Research Facility（SPERF）,is being designed at Harbin Institute of Technology in China,with Asymmetric REconnection eXperiment-3 Dimensional（AREX-3D...A new ground-based expenmental device,the Space Plasma Environment Research Facility（SPERF）,is being designed at Harbin Institute of Technology in China,with Asymmetric REconnection eXperiment-3 Dimensional（AREX-3D） as one of the experimental components to study the asymmetric reconnection dynamics relevant to the interaction between the interplanetary and magnetospheric plasmas.The asymmetry in the designed magnetic reconnection process not only refers to the distinct plasma parameters designed for the two upstream regions across the current sheet,but also refers to the inhomogeneity in the direction along the current sheet resulting from the designed 3D magnetic field geometry.These two asymmetries are fundamental features of the reconnection process at the Earth＇s magnetopause.In experiment,the reconnection process is driven by a set of flux cores through coil-currentramp-up from the ＇magnetosheath-side＇ to interact with a dipole magnetic field generated by the Dipole Research Experiment（DREX） coil on the ＇magnetosphere-side＇.The AREX-3D will be able to investigate a range of important reconnection issues in 3D magnetic field geometry that is relevant to the Earth＇s magnetopause.A wide range of plasma parameters can be achieved through inductive plasma generation with flux cores on the ＇magnetosheath-side＇ and electron cyclotron resonance（ECR） with microwave sources on the ＇magnetosphere-side＇,e.g.high（low）plasma density at experimental magnetosheath（dipole） side.Different reconnection regimes and geometries can be produced by adjusting plasma parameters and coil setups as well as coil current waveforms.The three-dimensional magnetic field configurations in the SPERF relevant to the dayside magnetopause reconnection are discussed in detail.展开更多
In order to investigate the effects of secondary electrons, which are emitted from the wall, on the performance of a thruster, a one-dimensional fluid model of the plasma sheath in double walls is applied to study the...In order to investigate the effects of secondary electrons, which are emitted from the wall, on the performance of a thruster, a one-dimensional fluid model of the plasma sheath in double walls is applied to study the characteristics of a magnetized sheath. The effects of secondary electron emission （SEE） coefficients and trapping coefficients, as well as magnetic field, on the structure of the plasma sheath are investigated. The results show that sheath potential and wall potential rise with the increment of SEE coefficient and trapping coefficient which results in a reduced sheath thickness. In addition, magnetic field strength will influence the sheath potential distributions.展开更多
The vicinage effects are studied for a fast nitrogen diatomic molecular cluster in a high-density plasma target.A variety of plasma parameters are discussed with regard to stopping power ratio,molecular axis deflectio...The vicinage effects are studied for a fast nitrogen diatomic molecular cluster in a high-density plasma target.A variety of plasma parameters are discussed with regard to stopping power ratio,molecular axis deflection and Coulomb explosion.Emphasis is placed on the vicinage effects on Coulomb explosion and stopping power for a nitrogen cluster in plasmas.The results indicate that vicinage effects influence the correlation between ions in the cluster,and the Coulomb explosion will proceed faster with higher projectile speed,lower plasma density and higher plasma temperature.Comparing hydrogen and nitrogen molecular ions for Coulomb explosion and deflection angle under the same set of parameters,one can find that the nitrogen ion has faster Coulomb explosion and stronger deflection of molecular axis due to the contribution of charge.In the initial stage of the Coulomb explosion the stopping power ratio has a higher value due to enhanced vicinage effects while in the later stage the stopping power ratio approaches one,indicating that the vicinage effects disappear and the ions in the cluster simply behave as independent atomic ions in the plasma.展开更多
Electron-wall interaction is always recognized as an important physical problem because of its remarkable influences on thruster discharge and performance. Based on existing theories, an electrode is predicted to weak...Electron-wall interaction is always recognized as an important physical problem because of its remarkable influences on thruster discharge and performance. Based on existing theories, an electrode is predicted to weaken electron-wall interaction due to its low secondary electron emission characteristic. In this paper, the electron-wall interaction in an Aton-type Hall thruster with low-emissive electrodes placed near the exit of discharge channel is studied by a fully kinetic particle-in cell method. The results show that the electron-wall interaction in the region of segmented electrode is indeed weakened, but it is significantly enhanced in the remaining region of discharge channel. It is mainly caused by electrode conductive property which makes equipotential lines convex toward channel exit and even parallel to wall surface in near-wall re- gion; this convex equipotential configuration results in significant physical effects such as repelling electrons, which causes the electrons to move toward the channel center, and the electrons emitted from electrodes to be remarkably accelerated, thereby increasing electron temperature in the discharge channel, etc. Furthermore, the results also indicate that the discharge current in the segmented electrode case is larger than in the non-segmented electrode case, which is qualitatively in accordance with previous experimental results.展开更多
A pulsed transverse magnetic field with pulse width of 12 ms and magnitude of 2 T was used to modify the density distribution of a weakly-ionized plasma flow with strong collisions between the charged particles and ne...A pulsed transverse magnetic field with pulse width of 12 ms and magnitude of 2 T was used to modify the density distribution of a weakly-ionized plasma flow with strong collisions between the charged particles and neutrals.The morphology of the plasma is changed substantially,with the density increased upstream and decreased downstream.Meanwhile,the plasma toward the axis contracts laterally and gradually converges to a collimated flow.In addition,a drift wave is observed to be excited in the inhomogeneous plasma by the magnetic field.展开更多
Dipole Research EXperiment（DREX） is a new terrella device as part of the Space Plasma Environment Research Facility（SPERF） for laboratory studies of space physics relevant to the inner magnetospheric plasmas. Adeq...Dipole Research EXperiment（DREX） is a new terrella device as part of the Space Plasma Environment Research Facility（SPERF） for laboratory studies of space physics relevant to the inner magnetospheric plasmas. Adequate plasma sources are very important for DREX to achieve its scientific goals. According to different research requirements, there are two density regimes for DREX. The low density regime will be achieved by an electron cyclotron resonance（ECR） system for the ‘whistler/chorus＇ wave investigation, while the high density regime will be achieved by biased cold cathode discharge for the desired ‘Alfvén＇ wave study. The parameters of ‘whistler/chorus＇ waves and ‘Alfvén＇ waves are determined by the scaling law between space and laboratory plasmas in the current device. In this paper, the initial design of these two plasma sources for DREX is described. Focus is placed on the chosen frequency and operation mode of the ECR system which will produce relatively low density ‘artificial radiation belt＇ plasmas and the seed electrons, followed by the design of biased cold cathode discharge to generate plasma with high density.展开更多
文摘The reflecting and transmitting effects of a planar unidirectionally conducting screen are analyzed based on the accurate closed-form expression for electric field of an arbitrarily oriented electric dipole.For a dipole oriented along the wire elements of the screen,the screen acts as a perfectly electrically conducting plane.For a dipole perpendicular to the wire elements,the fields reflected by the screen can be interpreted as the contribution of an image dipole and image transmission-line current source,while the transmitted field is arisen from image transmission-line source.The expressions of related surface waves are derived and can be compared with previous results.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10705007,11005025,11105022the Doctorial Start-up Foundation of Liaoning Province in China under Grant No 20071067+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No 2012TD018the Natural Scientific Research Innovation Foundation in Harbin Institute of Technology under Grant No HIT.NSRIF.2009044.
文摘The influence of a high-intensity laser field on the inelastic interactions between a swift B_(3)^(+) cluster ion and a plasma target is studied by means of the linearized Vlasov–Poisson theory.Excitations of the plasma are described by the classical plasma dielectric function.In the presence of the laser field,the general expressions for the induced potential in the target and the interaction force among the ions within the cluster are derived.Based on the numerical solution of the equations of motion for the constituent ions,the Coulomb explosion patterns and the cluster's energy losses are discussed for a range of laser parameters.
基金supported by the NSFC under Grant Nos.11261140326,11275034,51577043,11505040, 61402138HIT.NSRIF under Grant No.2017009the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province(No. E201452)
文摘A new ground-based expenmental device,the Space Plasma Environment Research Facility（SPERF）,is being designed at Harbin Institute of Technology in China,with Asymmetric REconnection eXperiment-3 Dimensional（AREX-3D） as one of the experimental components to study the asymmetric reconnection dynamics relevant to the interaction between the interplanetary and magnetospheric plasmas.The asymmetry in the designed magnetic reconnection process not only refers to the distinct plasma parameters designed for the two upstream regions across the current sheet,but also refers to the inhomogeneity in the direction along the current sheet resulting from the designed 3D magnetic field geometry.These two asymmetries are fundamental features of the reconnection process at the Earth＇s magnetopause.In experiment,the reconnection process is driven by a set of flux cores through coil-currentramp-up from the ＇magnetosheath-side＇ to interact with a dipole magnetic field generated by the Dipole Research Experiment（DREX） coil on the ＇magnetosphere-side＇.The AREX-3D will be able to investigate a range of important reconnection issues in 3D magnetic field geometry that is relevant to the Earth＇s magnetopause.A wide range of plasma parameters can be achieved through inductive plasma generation with flux cores on the ＇magnetosheath-side＇ and electron cyclotron resonance（ECR） with microwave sources on the ＇magnetosphere-side＇,e.g.high（low）plasma density at experimental magnetosheath（dipole） side.Different reconnection regimes and geometries can be produced by adjusting plasma parameters and coil setups as well as coil current waveforms.The three-dimensional magnetic field configurations in the SPERF relevant to the dayside magnetopause reconnection are discussed in detail.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.10975026,10875024,11005025,11275034)the Scientific Research Program of the Education Bureau of Liaoning Province,China(No.2009A047)the State Key Development for Basic Research of China(Nos.2009GB105004,2009GB106002)
文摘In order to investigate the effects of secondary electrons, which are emitted from the wall, on the performance of a thruster, a one-dimensional fluid model of the plasma sheath in double walls is applied to study the characteristics of a magnetized sheath. The effects of secondary electron emission （SEE） coefficients and trapping coefficients, as well as magnetic field, on the structure of the plasma sheath are investigated. The results show that sheath potential and wall potential rise with the increment of SEE coefficient and trapping coefficient which results in a reduced sheath thickness. In addition, magnetic field strength will influence the sheath potential distributions.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11375034,11005025)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(Nos.3132014231,3132013337)Natural Scientific Research Innovation Foundation in Harbin Institute of Technology,China(HIT.NSRIF.2009044)
文摘The vicinage effects are studied for a fast nitrogen diatomic molecular cluster in a high-density plasma target.A variety of plasma parameters are discussed with regard to stopping power ratio,molecular axis deflection and Coulomb explosion.Emphasis is placed on the vicinage effects on Coulomb explosion and stopping power for a nitrogen cluster in plasmas.The results indicate that vicinage effects influence the correlation between ions in the cluster,and the Coulomb explosion will proceed faster with higher projectile speed,lower plasma density and higher plasma temperature.Comparing hydrogen and nitrogen molecular ions for Coulomb explosion and deflection angle under the same set of parameters,one can find that the nitrogen ion has faster Coulomb explosion and stronger deflection of molecular axis due to the contribution of charge.In the initial stage of the Coulomb explosion the stopping power ratio has a higher value due to enhanced vicinage effects while in the later stage the stopping power ratio approaches one,indicating that the vicinage effects disappear and the ions in the cluster simply behave as independent atomic ions in the plasma.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Grant No.0903005203189)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11005025,10975026,and 11275034)+1 种基金the Scientific Research Innovation Foundation of Harbin Institution of Technology,China(GrantNo.HITNSRIF2009044)the Key Project of the Scientific Technology Program of Liaoning Province,China(Grant No.2011224007)
文摘Electron-wall interaction is always recognized as an important physical problem because of its remarkable influences on thruster discharge and performance. Based on existing theories, an electrode is predicted to weaken electron-wall interaction due to its low secondary electron emission characteristic. In this paper, the electron-wall interaction in an Aton-type Hall thruster with low-emissive electrodes placed near the exit of discharge channel is studied by a fully kinetic particle-in cell method. The results show that the electron-wall interaction in the region of segmented electrode is indeed weakened, but it is significantly enhanced in the remaining region of discharge channel. It is mainly caused by electrode conductive property which makes equipotential lines convex toward channel exit and even parallel to wall surface in near-wall re- gion; this convex equipotential configuration results in significant physical effects such as repelling electrons, which causes the electrons to move toward the channel center, and the electrons emitted from electrodes to be remarkably accelerated, thereby increasing electron temperature in the discharge channel, etc. Furthermore, the results also indicate that the discharge current in the segmented electrode case is larger than in the non-segmented electrode case, which is qualitatively in accordance with previous experimental results.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11975086, 51577043)
文摘A pulsed transverse magnetic field with pulse width of 12 ms and magnitude of 2 T was used to modify the density distribution of a weakly-ionized plasma flow with strong collisions between the charged particles and neutrals.The morphology of the plasma is changed substantially,with the density increased upstream and decreased downstream.Meanwhile,the plasma toward the axis contracts laterally and gradually converges to a collimated flow.In addition,a drift wave is observed to be excited in the inhomogeneous plasma by the magnetic field.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11505040,11261140326,11405038 and 51577043)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2016M591518,2015M570283)HIT.NSRIF under Grant No.2017008
文摘Dipole Research EXperiment（DREX） is a new terrella device as part of the Space Plasma Environment Research Facility（SPERF） for laboratory studies of space physics relevant to the inner magnetospheric plasmas. Adequate plasma sources are very important for DREX to achieve its scientific goals. According to different research requirements, there are two density regimes for DREX. The low density regime will be achieved by an electron cyclotron resonance（ECR） system for the ‘whistler/chorus＇ wave investigation, while the high density regime will be achieved by biased cold cathode discharge for the desired ‘Alfvén＇ wave study. The parameters of ‘whistler/chorus＇ waves and ‘Alfvén＇ waves are determined by the scaling law between space and laboratory plasmas in the current device. In this paper, the initial design of these two plasma sources for DREX is described. Focus is placed on the chosen frequency and operation mode of the ECR system which will produce relatively low density ‘artificial radiation belt＇ plasmas and the seed electrons, followed by the design of biased cold cathode discharge to generate plasma with high density.
