Experimental and numerical investigation of multipactor discharges in a coaxial waveguide

I A Kossyi (1) , G S Luk'Yanchikov (1) , V E Semenov (2) , N A Zharova (2) , D Anderson (3) , M Lisak (3) , J Puech (4)

1 GPI - A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute
2 Institute of Applied Physics of RAS
3 Department of Radio and Space Science [Göteborg]
4 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]

An experimental and numerical investigation is made of multipactor discharges in a coaxial waveguide. Particular attention is given to a determination of the multipactor threshold and the distribution of the impact energy of the electrons. Simulations are carried out for different parameters of the secondary emission coefficient of the electrode surfaces. This makes it possible to determine these parameters through a comparison between the numerical and experimental results. The comparison also shows that the observed multipactor is mainly of polyphase (non-resonant) nature and represents a mixture of single- and double-surface multipactor discharges.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

I A Kossyi, G S Luk'Yanchikov, V E Semenov, N A Zharova, D Anderson, et al.. Experimental and numerical investigation of multipactor discharges in a coaxial waveguide. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2010, 43 (34), pp.345206. ⟨10.1088/0022-3727/43/34/345206⟩. ⟨hal-00597828⟩