PERIODICAL PLASMA STRUCTURES CONTROLLED BY EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD

Abstract

The characteristics of 2D periodical structures in propulsion type magnetized plasma are studied in kinetic PIC MCC simulations.With increasing an angle of magnetic field the ridges (maxima) of electron and ion densities form in the plasma volume in cylindrical chamber. These ridges are shifted relative each other that results in the formation of 2D double-layers structure. Depending on Larmor radius and Debye length up to nineteen potential steps appear across the oblique magnetic field