221 research outputs found
2D fluid approaches of DC magnetron discharge
A two dimensional (r,z) time-dependent fluid model was developed and used to describe a DC planar magnetron discharge with cylindrical symmetry. The transport description of the charged species uses the corresponding first three moments of Boltzmann equation: continuity, momentum transfer and mean energy transfer (the latter one only for electrons), coupled with Poisson equation. An original way is proposed to treat the transport equations. Electron and ion momentum transport equations are reduced to the classical drift-diffusion expression of the fluxes since the presence of the magnetic field is introduced as an additional part in the electron flux, while for ions an effective electric field was considered. Thus, both continuity and mean energy transfer equations are solved in a classical manner. Numerical simulations were performed considering Argon as buffer gas, with a neutral pressure varying between 5 and 30 mtorr, a gas temperature from 300 to 350 K and cathode voltages lying from -200 up to -600 V. Results obtained for densities of the charged particle, fluxes and plasma potential are in good agreement with previous works.Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz el des Plasmas (LPGP).Consiliul National al Cercetarii Stiintifice din Invatamantul Superior (CNCSIS) - A/1344/40213/2003
DC magnetron discharge fluid model using a new numerical scheme
Numerical modelling of an electrical discharge by fluid model can be accomplished through different procedures and approaches. A 2D time-dependent one was applied in order to describe a cylindrical symmetry Argon DC planar magnetron discharge. All transport equations, which means continuity and momentum transfer equations for electrons and ions and electron mean energy transport equation are solved in the same manner, using corrected classical drift-diffusion expressions for fluxes. For the validity of this last approach, the presence of magnetic field has been introduced as a correction in the electronic flux expression, while for ions an effective electric field has been considered. Plasma potential is given by Poisson equation
Two-dimensional fluid approach to the dc magnetron discharge
A two-dimensional (r, z) time-dependent fluid model was developed and used to describe a dc planar magnetron discharge with cylindrical symmetry. The transport description of the charged species uses the corresponding first three moments of the Boltzmann equation: continuity, momentum transfer and mean energy transfer (the last one only for electrons), coupled with the Poisson equation. An original method is proposed to treat the transport equations. Electron and ion momentum transport equations are reduced to the classical drift-diffusion expression for the fluxes since the presence of the magnetic field is introduced as an additional part in the electron flux, while for ions an effective electric field was considered. Thus, both continuity and mean energy transfer equations are solved in a classical manner. Numerical simulations were performed considering argon as a buffer gas, with a neutral pressure varying between 5 and 30 mTorr, for different voltages applied on the cathode. Results obtained for densities of the charged particle, fluxes and plasma potential are in good agreement with those obtained in previous studies.C Costin would like to thank the French Government for his
PhD fellowship at Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des
Plasmas. We are also grateful to Dr T Minea for very helpful
discussions. This work was partly supported by CNCSIS
Romania, grant A/1344/2003
Radio Detection of Cosmic Ray Air Shower by the CODALEMA Experiment
The possibilities of measuring Extremely High Energy Cosmic Rays (EHECR) by
radio detection of electromagnetic pulses radiated during the development of
extensive air showers in the atmosphere are investigated. We present the
demonstrative CODALEMA experiment, set up at Nancay Radio-Observatory (France).
The radio-decametric array has been adapted to measure radio transients in time
coincidence between antennas.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of the 9th Pisa Meeting on Advanced
Detectors, Isola d'Elba 2003, to be published in NIM
Charmonium suppression in p-A collisions
The new high precision data on charmonium production in proton-nucleus
collisions by the E866/NuSea collaboration at Fermilab allow - together with
older data at lower energies - to fix a unique set of parameters for the
standard production and absorption scenario of charmonium in a proton-nucleus
reaction. In this scenario the c-cbar pair is formed in an octet state, emits a
gluon and continues its radial expansion in a singlet state until it has
reached the charmonium radius. In all three phases it can interact with the
nuclear environment. We find that the lifetime of the octet state is much
shorter than acceptable on physical grounds. This challenges the physical
reality of the first phase in the standard scenario.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figure
Modeling the Pion and Kaon Form Factors in the Timelike Region
New, accurate measurements of the pion and kaon electromagnetic form factors
are expected in the near future from experiments at electron-positron
colliders,using the radiative return method. We construct a model for the
timelike pion electromagnetic form factor, that is valid also at momentum
transfers far above the resonance. The ansatz is based on vector
dominance and includes a pattern of radial excitations expected from dual
resonance models.The form factor is fitted to the existing data in the timelike
region, continued to the spacelike region and compared with the measurements
there and with the QCD predictions. Furthermore, the model is extended to the
kaon electromagnetic form factor. Using isospin and SU(3)-flavour symmetry
relations we extract the isospin-one contribution and predict the kaon weak
form factor accessible in semileptonic decays.Comment: 31 pages, 7 figures,latex, one reference changed, version to appear
in Eur.Phys.J
Nuclear effects in at small in deep inelastic scattering on Li and He
We suggest to use polarized nuclear targets of Li and He to study
nuclear effects in the spin dependent structure functions .
These effects are expected to be enhanced by a factor of two as compared to the
unpolarized targets.
We predict a significant dependence at of due to nuclear shadowing and nuclear
enhancement. The effect of nuclear shadowing at is of an
order of 16% for and 10% for
. By imposing the requirement that
the Bjorken sum rule is satisfied we model the effect of enhancement.
We find the effect of enhancement at to be of an
order of for and
for , if enhancement
occupies the region (). We predict
a 2% effect in the difference of the scattering cross sections of deep
inelastic scattering of an unpolarized projectile off Li with =3/2
and =1/2. We also show explicitly that the many-nucleon description of
deep inelastic scattering off Li becomes invalid in the enhancement region
.Comment: 29 pages, 5 figures, RevTe
Radio emission of extensive air shower at CODALEMA: Polarization of the radio emission along the v*B vector
Cosmic rays extensive air showers (EAS) are associated with transient radio
emission, which could provide an efficient new detection method of high energy
cosmic rays, combining a calorimetric measurement with a high duty cycle. The
CODALEMA experiment, installed at the Radio Observatory in Nancay, France, is
investigating this phenomenon in the 10^17 eV region. One challenging point is
the understanding of the radio emission mechanism. A first observation
indicating a linear relation between the electric field produced and the cross
product of the shower axis with the geomagnetic field direction has been
presented (B. Revenu, this conference). We will present here other strong
evidences for this linear relationship, and some hints on its physical origin.Comment: Contribution to the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz,
Poland, July 2009. 4 pages, 8 figures. v2: Typo fixed, arxiv references adde
Lambda polarization and single-spin left-right asymmetry in diffractive hadron-hadron collisions
We discuss Lambda polarization and single-spin left-right asymmetry in
diffractive hadron-hadron scattering at high energies. We show that the
physical picture proposed in a recent Letter is consistent with the
experimental observation that polarization in the diffractive
process, , is much higher than that in the inclusive
reaction, . We make predictions for the left-right asymmetry,
A_N, and for the spin transfer, , in the single-spin process
and suggest further experimental tests of the
proposed picture.Comment: 14 pages, 3 ps-figures. Phys. Rev. D (in press
Probing partonic structure in gamma* gamma -> pi pi near threshold
Hadron pair production gamma* gamma -> h hbar in the region where the c.m.
energy is much smaller than the photon virtuality can be described in a
factorized form, as the convolution of a partonic handbag diagram and
generalized distribution amplitudes which are new non-perturbative functions
describing the exclusive fragmentation of a quark-antiquark pair into two
hadrons. Scaling behavior and a selection rule on photon helicity are
signatures of this mechanism. The case where h is a pion is emphasized.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX2
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