Plasma Behavior in E×H Pulse Discharge

The paper presents the results of experiments and PIC (particle-in-cell) simulations of ignition characteristics of miniature pulsed penning ion source. Also the dependence of the discharge current pulse on the gas pressure and magnetic field are presented. Plasma behavior (electron and ion density in axial and radial dimensional) depending on magnitude (and configuration) of the magnetic field and pressure (working gas is deuterium) was shown.