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Experimental and theoretical study of bumped characteristics obtained with cylindrical Langmuir probe in magnetized Helium plasma

J Ledig
E. Faudot
J. Moritz
S. Heuraux
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N Lemoine

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Cylindrical Langmuir probe measurements in a Helium plasma were performed and analysed in the presence of a magnetic field. The plasma is generated in the ALINE device, a cylindrical vessel 1 m long and 30 cm in diameter using a direct coupled RF antenna (ν RF = 25 MHz). The density and temperature are of the order of 10 16 m −3 and 1.5 eV, respectively, for 1.2 Pa Helium pressure and 200 W RF power. The axial magnetic field can be set from 0 up to 0.1 T, and the plasma diagnostic is a RF compensated Langmuir probe, which can be tilted with respect to the magnetic field lines. In the presence of a magnetic field, I(V) characteristics look like asymmetrical double probe ones (tanh-shape), which is due to the trapping of charged particles inside a flux tube connected to the probe on one side and to the wall on the other side. At low tilting angle, high magnetic field amplitude, power magnitude and low He pressure, which are the parameters scanned in our study, a bump can appear on the I(V) in the plasma potential range. We then compare different models for deducing plasma parameters from such unusual bumped curves. Finally, using a fluid model, the bump rising on the characteristics can be explained, assuming a density depletion in the flux tube, and emphasizing the role of the perpendicular transport of ions.
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hal-02171921 , version 1 (03-07-2019)

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J Ledig, E. Faudot, J. Moritz, S. Heuraux, N Lemoine, et al.. Experimental and theoretical study of bumped characteristics obtained with cylindrical Langmuir probe in magnetized Helium plasma. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2020, 29 (3), pp.035007. ⟨10.1088/1361-6595/ab56d2⟩. ⟨hal-02171921⟩
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