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Target ion and neutral spread in high power impulse magnetron sputtering
In magnetron sputtering, only a fraction of the sputtered target material leaving the ionization region is directed toward the substrate. This fraction may be different for ions and neutrals of the target material as the neutrals and ions can exhibit a different spread as they travel from the target surface toward the substrate. This difference can be significant in high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) where a substantial fraction of the sputtered material is known to be ionized. Geometrical factors or transport parameters that account for the loss of produced film-forming species to the chamber walls are needed for experimental characterization and modeling of the magnetron sputtering discharge. Here, we experimentally determine transport parameters for ions and neutral atoms in a HiPIMS discharge with a titanium target for various magnet configurations. Transport parameters are determined to a typical substrate, with the same diameter (100 mm) as the cathode target, and located at a distance 70 mm from the target surface. As the magnet configuration and/or the discharge current are changed, the transport parameter for neutral atoms ζ tn remains roughly the same, while transport parameters for ions ζ ti vary greatly. Furthermore, the relative ion-to-neutral transport factors, ζ ti / ζ tn, that describe the relative deposited fractions of target material ions and neutrals onto the substrate, are determined to be in the range from 0.4 to 1.1
3D evolution of a filament disappearance event observed by STEREO
A filament disappearance event was observed on 22 May 2008 during our recent
campaign JOP 178. The filament, situated in the southern hemisphere, showed
sinistral chirality consistent with the hemispheric rule. The event was well
observed by several observatories in particular by THEMIS. One day before the
disappearance, H observations showed up and down flows in adjacent
locations along the filament, which suggest plasma motions along twisted flux
rope. THEMIS and GONG observations show shearing photospheric motions leading
to magnetic flux canceling around barbs. STEREO A, B spacecraft with separation
angle 52.4 degrees, showed quite different views of this untwisting flux rope
in He II 304 \AA\ images. Here, we reconstruct the 3D geometry of the filament
during its eruption phase using STEREO EUV He II 304 \AA\ images and find that
the filament was highly inclined to the solar normal. The He II 304 \AA\ movies
show individual threads, which oscillate and rise to an altitude of about 120
Mm with apparent velocities of about 100 km s, during the rapid
evolution phase. Finally, as the flux rope expands into the corona, the
filament disappears by becoming optically thin to undetectable levels. No CME
was detected by STEREO, only a faint CME was recorded by LASCO at the beginning
of the disappearance phase at 02:00 UT, which could be due to partial filament
eruption. Further, STEREO Fe XII 195 \AA\ images showed bright loops beneath
the filament prior to the disappearance phase, suggesting magnetic reconnection
below the flux rope
Magnetic pumping in the cataclysmic variable AE Aquarii
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Relationship between a spot and a filament observed during spacelab 2 mission
During the Spacelab 2 Mission, an active region including a sunspot, plages, fibrils and a filament which disappears during the observation period, was observed in Hα and in the C IV lines. The analysis of the observations leads to several conclusions. Shear in the active region filament is observed before its disappearance. Hα and C IV upflows in the filament are well correlated spatially, but the transition zone (C IV) velocities are an order of magnitude larger than the Hα chromospheric ones. Over the sunspot, the reverse-Evershed effect is observed in Hα and in C IV Dopplershift images while strong downflows are also detected in the C IV profiles. Magnetograph data for the whole region are used to calculate the linear force-free magnetic field. A single value of the force-free parameter α is found to give a good fit to both the sheared filament structure and the sunspot spiral structures, indicating a causal relationship. We propose a model based on the inductive coupling between current systems associated with the filament and the sunspot. Relaxation phenomena due to resistive effects in the filament could lead to irreversible conversion of magnetic energy into kinetic energy and heating. © 1990
Relationship between a spot and a filament observed during spacelab 2 mission
During the Spacelab 2 Mission, an active region including a sunspot, plages, fibrils and a filament which disappears during the observation period, was observed in Hα and in the C IV lines. The analysis of the observations leads to several conclusions. Shear in the active region filament is observed before its disappearance. Hα and C IV upflows in the filament are well correlated spatially, but the transition zone (C IV) velocities are an order of magnitude larger than the Hα chromospheric ones. Over the sunspot, the reverse-Evershed effect is observed in Hα and in C IV Dopplershift images while strong downflows are also detected in the C IV profiles. Magnetograph data for the whole region are used to calculate the linear force-free magnetic field. A single value of the force-free parameter α is found to give a good fit to both the sheared filament structure and the sunspot spiral structures, indicating a causal relationship. We propose a model based on the inductive coupling between current systems associated with the filament and the sunspot. Relaxation phenomena due to resistive effects in the filament could lead to irreversible conversion of magnetic energy into kinetic energy and heating. © 1990