VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF ELECTRONS TRAPPED IN THE ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL HILL OF A MAGNETIC-MIRROR

Authors
KATANUMA I TATARONIS JA
Citation
I. Katanuma et Ja. Tataronis, VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF ELECTRONS TRAPPED IN THE ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL HILL OF A MAGNETIC-MIRROR, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 62(4), 1993, pp. 1209-1220
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319015
Volume
62
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1209 - 1220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9015(1993)62:4<1209:VDFOET>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The velocity distribution function of electrons created by ionization in a magnetic mirror is determined analytically. It is assumed that el ectrons trapped in the electrostatic hill of the mirror are controlled principally by externally injected microwave radiation and the axial and radial transport processes. A relationship between the height of t he electrostatic potential hill and the density of trapped electrons i s derived.