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Partially ionized plasma contains the bound electrons, which have an effect on the instability of the plasma. The evolution process of bound electron density cannot be obtained by using the existing optical method used for diagnosing the free electron density. In this work, we carry out a high-precision experiment: the energy loss of a 100 keV proton beam penetrating through the partially ionized hydrogen plasma target is measured on the platform of ion beam-plasma interaction at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The bound electron density is obtained according to the energy loss model of Bethe theory. The free electron density is measured by laser interferometry and the electron tempercture is obtained from the measured spectrum (Te = 0.68 eV; nfe = 2.41×1017 cm–2). It is found that the bound electron density decreases during plasma lifetime. The diagnosis of bound electron density by measuring energy loss of ion beam has the advantages of on-line, in-situ and high resolution, thus providing a new way to solve the problem about measuring the bound electron density in partially ionized plasma. A COMSOL simulation reveals that the high-temperature free electrons will be ejected quickly out of the plasma area through a mechanical diaphragm, thus reducing the total number of free electrons. In order to maintain a relatively high degree of ionization in this plasma, in principle, more and more bound electrons are ionized into free electrons, the density of bound electrons decreases correspondingly. The simulation result accords well with our experimental data. Based on this finding, more detailed plasma target parameter is obtained, which is helpful in deepening the understanding of the interaction process between ion beam and plasma. In future, more researches of low low-energy highly-charged ions-plasma interaction will be conducted.
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Keywords:
- bound electron density /
- energy loss of proton beam /
- free electron density /
- ionization degree.
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图 1 中国科学院近代物理研究所的离子束与等离子体相互作用实验平台
Figure 1. Experimental setups of ions beam-plasmas interaction at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
图 2 气体放电等离子体装置结构图
Figure 2. Structure diagram of the gas discharged plasma target
图 3 (a)激光干涉成像设备示意图(M1, M2, M3为反射镜, BS1, BS2为半透半反镜, L1, L2为凸透镜); (b)氢气放电等离子体(P = 1.03 mbar, HV = 4 kV)的干涉条纹随时间的演化图像
Figure 3. (a) Structure diagram of laser interference imaging equipment (M1, M2, M3 are reflectors, BS1, BS2 are semi-transparent and semi-reflective mirrors, L1, L2 are convex lenses); (b) evolution of interference fringes (P = 1.03 mbar, HV = 4 kV) over hydrogen plasma lifetime.
图 4 激光干涉成像方式测量氢等离子体(1.03 mbar, 3—5 kV) (a)自由电子密度随时间的变化; (b)放电电流随时间的变化
Figure 4. Measurement of hydrogen plasma by laser interferometric imaging (1.03 mbar, 3–5 kV): (a) Change in the density of free electrons with time; (b) variation of discharge current with time.
图 5 放电氢等离子体(1.03 mbar, 4 kV)的温度随时间的变化
Figure 5. Electron temperature of plasma (1.03 mbar, 4 kV) as a function of discharge time.
图 6 100 keV质子束与等离子体(nfe = 2.41×1017 cm–2, nbe = 5.27×1017 cm–2)作用后的能损随电子温度的变化以及G函数随温度的变化
Figure 6. Evolution of energy loss of 100 keV H ion in the plasma (nfe = 2.41×1017 cm–2, nbe = 5.27×1017 cm–2) and G function with temperature.
图 7 (a) 100 keV质子束与部分电离氢等离子体靶(1.03 mbar, 4 kV)相互作用后的能量损失(■为实验点, ▲与 — 分别为Bethe计算的束缚电子与自由电子部分能损数值); (b)氢等离子体中的电子密度; (c)电离度随时间的变化
Figure 7. (a) Evolution of energy loss of 100 keV H+ ion in the plasma (1.03 mbar, 4 kV) during plasma lifetime (■ is the experimental point of energy loss of H+, ▲与 — is the energy loss contributed by bound electron density and free electron density calculated by Bethe theory, respectively); (b) change of electron density; (c) ionization degree with time.
图 8 (a)气体放电靶的二维模型中阳极(20 mm)和阴极区域(30 mm)区域; (b) t = 3 μs时放电过程中电势分布; (c), (d)等离子体中自由电子密度分别在t = 1.1, 3 μs时的分布
Figure 8. (a) Two-dimensional model with anode (20 mm), tube wall (20 mm) and cathode (30 mm) regions of cavity; (b) potential distribution during discharge at t = 3 μs; (c), (d) free electron density of plasma in the t = 1.1, 3 μs.
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[1] Peacock N J, Robinson D C, Forrest M J, Wilcock P D, Sannikov V V 1969 Nature 224 488
Google Scholar
[2] Sun D X, Su M G, Dong C Z 2013 Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 61 30802
Google Scholar
[3] David C, Avizonis P, Weichel H, Pyatt K 1996 IEEE J. Quant. Elect. 2 493
Google Scholar
[4] Weber B, Fulghum S 1997 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68 1227
Google Scholar
[5] Rocca J J, Hammarsten E C, Jankowska E 2003 Phys. Plas. 10 2031
Google Scholar
[6] José L B, Igor A, Manuel C, Turlough D, Robert F P, Holly G, Maxim K, Elena K, Ildar F S, Roberto S, Enrique V S, Teimuraz Z 2018 Space. Sci. Rev. 214 58
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[8] Tan W Q, Liu Y Y, Li X Y, Yuan P, Zhao H, Li Z C, Zheng J 2021 J. Appl. Phys. 129 043302
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Google Scholar
Luo X H, Cheng R, Wang G D, Zhou Z X, Wang Z, Yang J 2022 Nucl. Phys. Rev. 39 490
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[20] Zhang H C, Lu J, Shen Z H, Ni X W 2009 Opt. Commun. 282 1720
Google Scholar
[21] Hanif M, Salik M 2014 J. Russ. Laser Res. 35 230
Google Scholar
[22] Griem H R 1997 Principles of Plasma Spectroscopy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p281
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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