Experimental study of electron density and confinement time in an electrostatically-plugged cusp device using a microwave interferometer

Author

Robert Louis Hayward

Abstract

"The average electron density and electron confinement time in an electrostatically plugged magnetic spindle cusp device are studied using a 20 GHz microwave interferometer. The results are compared with the predictions from approximate theoretical equations. With a magnetic induction in the point cusp of 5000 Gauss, a plasma is produced by injecting a 5 mA, 500 eV electron beam into hydrogen gas at 10^-5 Torr. The measured electron density is 2 x 10^-10 cm^-3 and the measured confinement time is 80 ysec, which agree to within a factor of two with values predicted by theory"--Abstract, page ii.

Advisor(s)

Dolan, Thomas J.

Committee Member(s)

Park, John T.
Bolon, Albert E., 1939-2006

Department(s)

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science

Degree Name

M.S. in Nuclear Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

1975

Pagination

xii, 73 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46).

Rights

© 1975 Robert Louis Hayward, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 4126

Print OCLC #

5987511

Recommended Citation

Hayward, Robert Louis, "Experimental study of electron density and confinement time in an electrostatically-plugged cusp device using a microwave interferometer" (1975). Masters Theses. 3128.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/3128