3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
Background-Pressure Effects on Charge-Exchange Measurements in Plasma Flows at Elevated Pressures
Ivan Romadanov, Stanislav Musikhin, Je-Hoi Mun +2
Charge-exchange (CEX) collisions can affect measurements of plasma plumes and neutralized ion flows in vacuum facilities, particularly when the background gas pressure increases an…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence system for Space and Phase-resolved Ion Velocity Distribution Function Measurements
Sung Hyun Son, Ivan Romadanov, Nirbhav Singh Chopra +1
In this work, we present a planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) system for two-dimensional (2D) spatial and phase-resolved ion velocity distribution function (IVDF) measurement…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Mode transitions and spoke structures in ExB Penning discharge
M. Tyushev, M. Papahn Zadeh, N. S. Chopra +7
Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations in the (radial-azimuthal) plane perpendicular to the axial direction of a cylindrical ExB Penning discharge are presented. The low-pres…