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Extracted current saturation in negative ion sources
Ist Teil von
Journal of applied geophysics, 2012-06, Vol.111 (11), p.113303-113303-10
Ort / Verlag
United States: American Institute of Physics
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Link zum Volltext
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Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The extraction of negatively charged particles from a negative ion source is one of the crucial issues in the development of the neutral beam injector system for future experimental reactor ITER. Full 3D electrostatic particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collision code-
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[S. Mochalskyy
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, 105011 (2010)]-is used to simulate the hydrogen plasma behaviour and the extracted particle features in the vicinity of the plasma grid, both sides of the aperture. It is found that the contribution to the extracted negative ion current of ions born in the volume is small compared with that of ions created at the plasma grid walls. The parametric study with respect to the rate of negative ions released from the walls shows an optimum rate. Beyond this optimum, a double layer builds-up by the negative ion charge density close to the grid aperture surface reducing thus extraction probability, and therefore the extracted current. The effect of the extraction potential and magnetic field magnitudes on the extraction is also discussed. Results are in good agreement with available experimental data.