This paper describes three-dimensional self-consistent numerical simulations of wave propagation in magnetoplasmas of Electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (ECRIS). Numerical results can give useful information on the distribution of the absorbed RF power and/or efficiency of RF heating, especially in the case of alternative schemes such as mode-conversion based heating scenarios. Ray-tracing approximation is allowed only for small wavelength compared to the system scale lengths: as a consequence, full-wave solutions of Maxwell-Vlasov equation must be taken into account in compact and strongly inhomogeneous ECRIS plasmas. This contribution presents a multi-scale temporal domains approach for simultaneously including RF dynamics and plasma kinetics in a "cold-plasma", and some perspectives for "hot-plasma" implementation. The presented results rely with the attempt to establish a modal-conversion scenario of OXB-type in double frequency heating inside an ECRIS testbench.
Modelling RF-plasma interaction in ECR ion sources / Mascali, David; Torrisi, Giuseppe; Galatà, Alessio; Sorbello, Gino; Castro, Giuseppe; Celona, Luigi; Lega, Lorenzo; Leonardi, Ornella; Mazzaglia, Maria; Naselli, Eugenia; Neri, Lorenzo; Gammino, Santo. - In: EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES. - ISSN 2101-6275. - 157(2017), p. 03054. ((Intervento presentato al convegno 22nd Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas 2017 tenutosi a Centre de Congres, fra nel 2017.
Titolo: | Modelling RF-plasma interaction in ECR ion sources |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 |
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Citazione: | Modelling RF-plasma interaction in ECR ion sources / Mascali, David; Torrisi, Giuseppe; Galatà, Alessio; Sorbello, Gino; Castro, Giuseppe; Celona, Luigi; Lega, Lorenzo; Leonardi, Ornella; Mazzaglia, Maria; Naselli, Eugenia; Neri, Lorenzo; Gammino, Santo. - In: EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES. - ISSN 2101-6275. - 157(2017), p. 03054. ((Intervento presentato al convegno 22nd Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas 2017 tenutosi a Centre de Congres, fra nel 2017. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11769/322671 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno |