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New insights into the physics of rotating spokes in partially magnetized E × B plasmas

M. Takahashi

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Regions of enhanced light emission rotating in the azimuthal direction ("rotating spokes") have been observed in different types of partially magnetized × plasma devices such as magnetron discharges and Hall thrusters. A two-dimensional Particle-In-Cell Monte Carlo Collisions (PIC MCC) model is used to study the formation of these rotating structures. The model shows that these current driven rotating structures are the results of a Simon-Hoh instability evolving into an ionization instability. The spoke is sustained by local electron heating induced by drift along a double layer separating the cathodic presheath from the plasma at a potential close to the anode potential. The PIC MCC simulations predict that spoke rotation can take place in the + × direction as well as in the − × direction depending on the magnetic field intensity.
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hal-03033069 , version 1 (01-12-2020)

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Jean-Pierre Boeuf, M. Takahashi. New insights into the physics of rotating spokes in partially magnetized E × B plasmas. Physics of Plasmas, 2020, 27 (8), pp.083520. ⟨10.1063/5.0014357⟩. ⟨hal-03033069⟩
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