Plasma Current Sheath Motion in Coaxial Plasma Discharge

Tarek M. Allam, Hanaa A. El-Sayed, Hanaa M. Soliman

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DOI: 10.4236/epe.2011.34054                

Abstract

In this paper experiments and theoretical treatments [1] on 1.5 KJ coaxial plasma discharge device have been carried out to show, plasma current sheath, PCS, motion in coaxial plasma discharge by studying: the effect of nitrogen gas pressure in the range from 1 to 2.2 Torr and the axial position of PCS along the coaxial electrodes on the modification factor, actual drive parameter, PCS curvature and shape (thickness). Also the dynamics of PCS along the coaxial electrodes due to the combination effect of induced azimuthal and axial magnetic fields induction has been detected experimentally by using a magnetic probe technique.

Keywords

Coaxial Discharge, Plasma Current Sheath, Drive Parameter

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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