Transcript Slide 1
DPP06 Meeting of The American Physical Society
Thursday Nov. 2 — V01.00001
The effect of negative ions on
the charging of dust in a plasma
Bob Merlino and Su-Hyun Kim
The University of Iowa
Supported by The U. S. Dept. of Energy
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Charging of dust in a plasma
• in typical laboratory plasmas, dust grains
acquire a negative charge due to the
preferential attachment of the more mobile
electrons
• if the dust is immersed in an environment
of UV radiation, it can charge positively
due to photoelectron emission
• dust grains may also acquire a net positive
charge due to secondary electron
emission
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For H+-e– plasma
kTe eV / kT
kT eVs
2
2
ne
e
4
a
n
1
4
a
0
2 m kT
2 me
1/ 2
1/ 2
s
electron current
e
ion current from OML theory
a = dust radius
s = eVs/kTe
Q=4oaVs
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Charging of dust with positive ions,
negative ions and electrons
[Mamun & Shukla, PoP 10,1518 (2003)]
Ie I I 0
Vs Vf Vp
Vs < 0
kTe eV / kT
kT eV / kT
kT eVs
ne
n
n
e
e
1
0
2 m
2 m kT
2 me
1/ 2
1/ 2
s
1/ 2
e
s
Vs > 0
kTe eVs
kT eVs
kT eV / kT
1
n
1
n
0
e
2 m kT
2 m
2 me kTe
1/ 2
ne
1/ 2
1/ 2
s
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Solutions to the charging equations
n+ = ne + n–
= ne/n+ n– = (1– )n+
K / SF6
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Experiment
• negative ion plasma, with ne << n+
• dust particles
• Q machine plasma
K+ ions
• Te = Ti 0.2 eV
• admit SF6 gas to form
negative ions
• Disperse hollow glass
microspheres (35 mm)
using rotating cylinder
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Negative ion plasmas in a Q machine
SF6 e SF
6
very effective due to low Te
N. Sato, in K
Q machine
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I[P(SF6=0)
I[P(SF6=6e-6)
I[P(SF6=8e-6)
I[P(SF6=1e-5)
I[P(SF6=1.5e-5)
I[P(SF6=2e-5)
I[P(SF6=5e-5)
I[P(SF6=1e-4)
I[P(SF6=2e-4)
I[P(SF6=4e-4)
mSF
6
mK
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K+_SF6-_dat_1
4
3
2
1
0
-10
-5
0
5
-1
Probe Voltage [V]
10
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Langmuir curves before and after dust added
1.2
P(SF6) =0
No dust
1
0.8
0.6
With dust
0.4
0.06
7 x10-4
0.2
I0
0.04
-10
-5
-0.2
5
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Bias Voltage (V)
0.02
I
0
-10
4.6 x10-5
0.15
No dust
-5
0
5
Bias Voltage (V)
10
-0.02
I+
-0.04
0.1
I+0
-0.06
0.05
With dust
-10
-5
5
10
Bias Voltage (V)
-0.05
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Data analysis
• Analysis of the Langmuir probe currents
can be used to determine how the charge
in the plasma is divided between free +/ions, free electrons and dust particles.
• Charge neutrality in dusty plasma:
en+ + Qnd = ene + en–
Qnd en ne n 1,
n n
is determined from the changes in negative and
positive probe currents when dust is introduced
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Data analysis
if = ne/n+ <<1 (electrons attached to SF6)
n R I I 0
n R I I 0
Qnd
I I
R R
I 0 I 0
en0 0
The sign of R– – R+ determines
the sign of the dust charge, Q
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Results
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Qnd/eno vs.
for 1
Qnd
( 1) R R
en0
where
Qnd/eno
Correction for finite n e
kTe me
kT m
= ne/n+
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Langmuir Probe floating potential (relative to
the plasma potential) vs. P(SF6)
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Summary and Conclusions
• dust charging in a plasma with negative
ions has been studied experimentally
• the addition of negative ions reduces the
density of electrons leading to a reduction
in the (negative) charge on dust
• conditions have been established which
cause positive charging of dust, in a
plasma with light + ions and heavy - ions
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