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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 5, S2075 (2010)

Regular Articles


Neutral Particles at the Boundary of Microwave Discharge Plasma in HYPER-I
Akira TSUSHIMA, Shinji YOSHIMURA1) and Yoshifumi SAITOU2)
Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
1)
National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
2)
Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya 321-8585, Japan
(Received 8 December 2009 / Accepted 31 March 2010 / Published 10 December 2010)

Abstract

The first measurement of neutral gas pressure modulation in the range of 10 kHz was performed using a piezoelectric transducer near the cylindrical inner wall surrounding microwave discharge plasma in the HYPER-I device. The signals from the transducer output were investigated with the ion saturation current signals from two Langmuir probes located at the plasma boundary layer.


Keywords

neutral particle, pressure modulation, boundary plasma, microwave discharge

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.5.S2075


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This paper may be cited as follows:

Akira TSUSHIMA, Shinji YOSHIMURA and Yoshifumi SAITOU, Plasma Fusion Res. 5, S2075 (2010).