Nested Well Plasma Traps

Criteria for the confinement of plasmas consisting of a positive and negative component in Penning type traps with nested electric potential wells are presented. Computational techniques for the self-consistent calculation of potential and plasma density distributions are developed. Analyses are presented of the use of nested well Penning traps for several applications. The analyses include: calculations of timescales relevant to the applications, e.g. reaction, confinement and relaxation timescales, self-consistent computations, and consideration of other physical phenomenon important to the applications. Possible applications of a nested well penning trap include production of high charge state ions, studies of high charge state ions, and production of antihydrogen. In addition the properties of a modified Penning trap consisting of an electric potential well applied along a radial magnetic field are explored.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2000

Author dc:creator

• Dolliver, Darrell

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ordonez, Carlos A.
• Weathers, Duncan L.
• Roberts, James A.
• Hu, Zhibing

• Plasma (Ionized gases)
• plasma
• Penning traps
• high charge state ions
• antihydrogen
• computational techniques

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Dolliver, Darrell
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 47291538
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