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Extraction and acceleration of ions from an ion-ion plasma

Ane Aanesland
Pascal Chabert

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Extraction and acceleration of positive and negative ions from a strong electronegative plasma and from an ion‐ion plasma is investigated in the PEGASES thruster, working with SF6. The plasma is generated in a cylindrical quartz tube terminated by metallic endplates. The electrons are confined by a static magnetic field along the axis of the cylinder. The electron mobility along the field is high and the electrons are determining the sheaths in front of the endplates. The core plasma potential can therefore be controlled by the bias applied to the endplates. An ion‐ion plasma forms at the periphery as a result of electron confinement and ions can freely diffuse along the perpendicular direction or extraction axis. Langmuir probe and RFEA measurements are carried out along this axis. The measured ion energy distributions shows a single peak centered around a potential consistent with the plasma potential and the peak position could be controlled with a positive voltage applied to the endplates. When the endplates are biased negatively, the plasma potential saturates and remained close to 15 V. A beam of negatively charged particles can be observed under certain conditions when the endplates were biased negatively.
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hal-01549479 , version 1 (28-06-2017)

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Lara Popelier, Ane Aanesland, Pascal Chabert. Extraction and acceleration of ions from an ion-ion plasma. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2010, 1390, pp.688-674. ⟨10.1063/1.3637439⟩. ⟨hal-01549479⟩
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