HELICON WAVES AND EFFICIENT PLASMA PRODUCTION

被引:105
作者
KOMORI, A
SHOJI, T
MIYAMOTO, K
KAWAI, J
KAWAI, Y
机构
[1] Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga
[2] Plasma Science Ctr., Nagoya Univ.
来源
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS B-PLASMA PHYSICS | 1991年 / 3卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1063/1.859846
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Helicon waves generated by radio-frequency (rf) waves are experimentally demonstrated to have the characteristics of Landau damping, as predicted theoretically, and fully ionized plasmas are realized by this efficient coupling of rf powers to plasmas. Excited waves are identified as a helicon wave by measuring wavelengths in the plasma along the magnetic field and comparing with the dispersion relation. Good agreement is found between experimental and theoretical results.
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页码:893 / 898
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