Plasma potential in electrostatically plugged cusps and mirrors
- 1 October 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 18 (10), 1383-1386
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.861028
Abstract
From a study of the particle balance equations for ions and electrons confined by a combination of electric and magnetic fields, the potential barrier heights are determined. The theoretical potential well depths are found to be about 20–30% shallower than experimentally measured values, which may be attributed to inaccuracy of the velocity‐diffusion loss rates and to uncertainty in experimental parameters.Keywords
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