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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 5, S2080 (2010)

Regular Articles


3D Isosurface Visualization of Electron Density and Temperature Distribution in a Magnetized Sheet Plasma Ion Source
Michelle Marie S. VILLAMAYOR, Jasmine A. MALINAO1), Virginia R. NOGUERA and Henry J. RAMOS
Plasma Physics Laboratory, National Institute of Physics, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
1)
Algorithms and Complexity Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
(Received 5 December 2009 / Accepted 6 May 2010 / Published 10 December 2010)

Abstract

A 3D visualization of argon and nitrogen-argon plasma electron density (ne) and effective temperature (Teff) distributions were constructed using the I-V curves from Langmuir probe traces at specific discrete positions in the extraction region of a magnetized sheet plasma ion source. Argon and mixed N2-Ar sheet plasmas are characterized using the calculation of the electron energy distribution function (EEDF). By taking the current vs. voltage reading of a single probe in 68 discrete locations of the plasma, a 3-dimensional map of the electron density and electron temperature were constructed. The map was constructed to understand the global condition of the extraction region of the source. The technique can be applied to the determination and understanding of edge plasma parameters in magnetic confinement devices.


Keywords

Magnetized Sheet Plasma Ion Source (MSPIS), sheet plasma, plasma visualization, Langmuir probe, magnetized plasma

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.5.S2080


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This paper may be cited as follows:

Michelle Marie S. VILLAMAYOR, Jasmine A. MALINAO, Virginia R. NOGUERA and Henry J. RAMOS, Plasma Fusion Res. 5, S2080 (2010).