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E × B electron drift current across the aperture of an ion source surrounded by a cusped magnetic field profile

Yuchao Jiang
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Jean-Pierre Boeuf

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In negative ion sources, a cusped magnetic field is generated by magnets placed around each aperture of the extraction grid in order to limit the co-extracted electron current. In spite of this suppression magnetic field, the co-extracted electron current is large, on the same order as the negative ion current extracted from the plasma. In this paper, we study the mechanisms of electron extraction from the plasma through a cusped aperture in a simplified situation, in the absence of negative ions, with the help of a three-dimensional Particle-In-Cell Monte Carlo Collisions model. The calculation results show that the electron current extracted from the plasma is small for an infinite slit aperture with a suppressed (cusped) magnetic field and significantly increases in the case of finite slit or circular grid apertures. We find that the E Â B electron drift plays an important role in the extraction of electrons through a finite slit grid aperture and that current driven micro instabilities are present in the aperture region. This work is relevant to negative ion sources and micro-ECR neutralizers designed for space propulsion.
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hal-02992345 , version 1 (26-11-2020)

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G. Fubiani, Yuchao Jiang, Jean-Pierre Boeuf. E × B electron drift current across the aperture of an ion source surrounded by a cusped magnetic field profile. Physics of Plasmas, 2020, 27 (9), pp.093506. ⟨10.1063/5.0013639⟩. ⟨hal-02992345⟩
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