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Plasma and Beam Physics

College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

Physics Faculty Publications

2011

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Experimental Observation Of Ion Beams In The Madison Helicon Experiment, Matt Wiebold, Yung-Ta Sung, John E. Scharer Jun 2011

Experimental Observation Of Ion Beams In The Madison Helicon Experiment, Matt Wiebold, Yung-Ta Sung, John E. Scharer

Physics Faculty Publications

Argon ion beams up to Eb=165 eV at Prf=500 W are observed in the Madison Helicon eXperiment (MadHeX) helicon source with a magnetic nozzle. A two-grid retarding potential analyzer (RPA) is used to measure the ion energy distribution, and emissive and rf-filtered Langmuir probes measure the plasma potential, electron density, and temperature. The supersonic ion beam (M=vi/cs up to 5) forms over tens of Debye lengths and extends spatially for a few ion-neutral charge-exchange mean free paths. The parametric variation of the ion beam energy is explored, including flow rate, rf power, and …

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