Sheath instabilities in Hall plasmas devices
Plasma Physics
2012-04-02 v1
Abstract
New class instabilities is identified in Hall plasmas in configurations with open magnetic field lines. It is shown that sheath resistivity results in a robust instability driven by the equilibrium electric field. It is conjectured that these instabilities play a crucial role in anomalous transport in Hall plasmas devices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1203.6872,
title = {Sheath instabilities in Hall plasmas devices},
author = {A. I. Smolyakov and W. Frias and I. D. Kaganovich and Y. Raitses},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.6872},
year = {2012}
}