• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 34, Issue 12, 124004 (2022)
Junjie Shi1, Jianhong Hao1、*, Fang Zhang2, Qiang Zhao2, Jieqing Fan1, Shuo Shen1, and Zhiwei Dong2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
  • 2Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.220123 Cite this Article
    Junjie Shi, Jianhong Hao, Fang Zhang, Qiang Zhao, Jieqing Fan, Shuo Shen, Zhiwei Dong. Simulation of long-range transport of non-ideal hydrogen atom beams in vacuum environment[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(12): 124004 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Neutral beam has potential applications in space debris cleanup and space exploration. As that neutral beam prepared by ion source is not ideal in practice, this paper simulates the long-range transmission effect of non-ideal hydrogen beam in vacuum environment. According to the degree of neutralization, non-ideal beams are divided into under-neutral beams and over-neutral beams. The effects of beam density, neutralization factor, spatial magnetic field and elastic scattering on the nonideal hydrogen beam are studied by establishing a quasi-electromagnetic model of beam transmission. The results show that the presence of negative hydrogen ions has no effect on the transmission of hydrogen atoms in the under-neutral beam, thus the bias magnetic field can be removed to reduce the volume and mass of the device. For the over-neutral beam, the loss ratio is related to the beam density and neutralization factor, that is, the higher the beam density, the greater the beam loss; the higher the neutralization factor, the higher the beam loss. The magnetic field and the elastic scattering between particles have no effect on the propagation of either the under-neutral or over-neutral beams.
    Junjie Shi, Jianhong Hao, Fang Zhang, Qiang Zhao, Jieqing Fan, Shuo Shen, Zhiwei Dong. Simulation of long-range transport of non-ideal hydrogen atom beams in vacuum environment[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(12): 124004
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