Author/Authors :
Mirzaei, Hamid Reza Department of Physics and Accelerators - Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI), Tehran, Iran , Kazemi, Moslem Physics and Energy Engineering Department - Amirkabir University, Tehran, Iran , Etaati, Gholamreza Physics and Energy Engineering Department - Amirkabir University, Tehran, Iran , Abbasi, Milad Plasma Research Institute - University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran , Karimi Kafshgari, Mahmood Plasma Physics Research Center - Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran , Rajabalinia Jelodar, Hosein Plasma Physics Research Center - Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
In the present study, the microwave resonant plasma source has been designed to provide the ionosphere
like condition inside the Iranian Space Plasma Simulation Chamber (ISPSC). This chamber contains plasma
with electron density of 1×105 −1×1010 cm−3 and temperature of 1-5 eV. In order to reach these plasma
parameters inside the ISPSC, the plasma source cylindrical cavity mode TE112 is used. Then, the produced
plasma is transferred into the Chamber through the holes created on the end wall of the cavity. Since the plasma
characteristics in the resonant cavity depend on the gas pressure and the input power, the microwave and plasma
interaction, power absorption, electron density and temperature were evaluated by the Comsol Multiphysics and
obtained results have been presented.
Keywords :
Plasma source , Cavity , Comsol , Space plasma
