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Ion resonance instability in the Eltrap electron plasma
Giovanni Bettega 1, Francesco Cavaliere 1, Marco Cavenago 2, Andrea Illiberi 1, Roberto Pozzoli 1, Massimiliano Romé 1
(2004-06-14)

A small fraction of ions can destabilize the diocotron mode (off axis rotation) of an electron plasma confined in a Malmberg-Penning trap. In this paper a set of experimental measurements performed in the ELTRAP device on the ions induced diocotron instability is presented. In particular, the dependence of the instability on the electron energy has been analyzed, by heating the plasma with a RF burst or by injecting into the trap electrons with different energies. A simple experimental technique to limit the instability is also described.
1:  INFN
INFN – Università degli studi di Milano
2:  Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL)
INFN
Physics/Physics/Plasma Physics
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