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PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
Volume 29, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0091471
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China
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This paper presents the formation mechanism of multiple low-field peaks (LFP) in argon helicon plasmas. The study calculates the propagating conditions of helicon (H) waves and Trivelpiece-Gould (TG) waves in collisional plasmas based on the dispersion relation. It is demonstrated that resonance and anti-resonance mechanisms of H- and TG-waves contribute to LFP formation in mode transition processes.
Helicon plasma density may show a non-monotonic dependence on the magnetic field at low strength, so-called low-field peak (LFP). We presented the multiple LFPs and the formation mechanism in argon helicon plasmas in this paper. Propagating conditions of helicon (H) and Trivelpiece-Gould (TG) waves in collisional plasmas were calculated based on the dispersion relation. It is demonstrated that there are two mechanisms during mode transition responsible for LFP, i.e., resonance of H- and TG-waves and anti-resonance of TG-wave. Especially, H-TG resonance of the highest axial mode in the helicon plasma results in a density jump rather than a density peak due to the mode transition from non-wave to co-H/TG-wave mode. Higher plasma density in lower magnetic fields is helpful for achievement of multiple LFPs in argon helicon plasmas. Published under an exclusive license by AIP Publishing.
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