학술논문

Modelling RF-plasma interaction in ECR ion sources.
Document Type
Article
Source
EPJ Web of Conferences. 11/29/2017, Vol. 157, p1-6. 6p.
Subject
*RADIO frequency
*ION sources
*NUCLEAR physics instruments
*SIMULATION methods & models
*PLASMA gases
*ELECTRONS
Language
ISSN
2101-6275
Abstract
This paper describes three-dimensional self-consistent numerical simulations of wave propagation in magnetoplasmas of Electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (ECRIS). Numerical results can give useful information on the distribution of the absorbed RF power and/or efficiency of RF heating, especially in the case of alternative schemes such as mode-conversion based heating scenarios. Ray-tracing approximation is allowed only for small wavelength compared to the system scale lengths: as a consequence, full-wave solutions of Maxwell-Vlasov equation must be taken into account in compact and strongly inhomogeneous ECRIS plasmas. This contribution presents a multi-scale temporal domains approach for simultaneously including RF dynamics and plasma kinetics in a "cold-plasma", and some perspectives for "hot-plasma" implementation. The presented results rely with the attempt to establish a modal-conversion scenario of OXB-type in double frequency heating inside an ECRIS testbench. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]