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Ion beam probing of electrostatic fields

Content Provider	NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Author	Persson, H.
Copyright Year	1979
Description	The determination of a cylindrically symmetric, time-independent electrostatic potential V in a magnetic field B with the same symmetry by measurements of the deflection of a primary beam of ions is analyzed and substantiated by examples. Special attention is given to the requirements on canonical angular momentum and total energy set by an arbitrary, nonmonotone V, to scaling laws obtained by normalization, and to the analogy with ionospheric sounding. The inversion procedure with the Abel analysis of an equivalent problem with a one-dimensional fictitious potential is used in a numerical experiment with application to the NASA Lewis Modified Penning Discharge. The determination of V from a study of secondary beams of ions with increased charge produced by hot plasma electrons is also analyzed, both from a general point of view and with application to the NASA Lewis SUMMA experiment. Simple formulas and geometrical constructions are given for the minimum energy necessary to reach the axis, the whole plasma, and any point in the magnetic field. The common, simplifying assumption that V is a small perturbation is critically and constructively analyzed; an iteration scheme for successively correcting the orbits and points of ionization for the electrostatic potential is suggested.
File Size	2137475
Page Count	67
File Format	PDF
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19790012693
Archival Resource Key	ark:/13960/t6m08x768
Language	English
Publisher Date	1979-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Plasma Physics Numerical Analysis Plasma Diagnostics Penning Discharge Magnetic Fields Electrostatics Plasma Probes Ion Beams Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Technical Report

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