Enhancement of negative hydrogen ions with Xe in a magnetized sheet plasma

Authors

Ma. Gracita Cardinal ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Henry J. Ramos ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

A Sheet Plasma Negative Ion Source is used to study the effect of addition of Xe gas in the production of H⁻ ions. Optimum conditions for maximum H⁻ ion yield were considered. The negative hydrogen ion current density extracted using an E x B probe from a pure H plasma was 0.336 mA/m². An enhancement was observed for 5%, 10%, 15% Xe/H gas mixtures. The hydrogen gas ratio of 5% with xenon gave the highest increase in H⁻ ion current density by a factor of 8.96. This increase was observed to be related to the increase in the electron density and decrease in electron temperature.

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Issue

2002: Proceedings of the 20th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2002-PP-49

Section

Condensed Matter and Plasma Physics

Published

2002-10-23

How to Cite

[1]

MG Cardinal and HJ Ramos, Enhancement of negative hydrogen ions with Xe in a magnetized sheet plasma, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 20, SPP-2002-PP-49 (2002). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2002-PP-49.