2013
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/22/3/035007
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Experimental and theoretical investigations of plasma multiple double layers and their evolution to chaos

Abstract: We report experimental results showing that a discharge plasma, which self-structures as concentric multiple double layers, is capable of evolving towards chaos through a cascade of spatio-temporal sub-harmonic bifurcations when the applied constraint (in the form of voltage applied on a supplementary electrode immersed in the plasma) is gradually increased. By considering that the plasma particles (electrons, ions and neutrals) move on fractal curves, a theoretical model able to explain both the plasma self-s… Show more

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“…When the electron sheath between the fireball and electrode reaches the ionization potential of the neutral gas, a second fireball would be predicted to form by the same mechanism as described in section 6.2. Indeed, such multiple fireball formation has been observed [261,262,263,264,265,266,267,268,269,270,271,272,273]. These usually take the form of concentric spheres or hemispheres, as shown in figure 35 [261,263,264].…”
Section: Multiple Fireballsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When the electron sheath between the fireball and electrode reaches the ionization potential of the neutral gas, a second fireball would be predicted to form by the same mechanism as described in section 6.2. Indeed, such multiple fireball formation has been observed [261,262,263,264,265,266,267,268,269,270,271,272,273]. These usually take the form of concentric spheres or hemispheres, as shown in figure 35 [261,263,264].…”
Section: Multiple Fireballsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Complex space-charge structures in the form of sheaths, double layers, fireballs, multiple double layers, multiple fireballs, inverted fireballs or plasma bubbles are well-known phenomena appearing in regions of plasma where local constraints are applied, often in the form of a localized electric field, pulling the system away from thermodynamic equilibrium [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. The dynamics of such structures give rise to different plasma instabilities, involving complex oscillations of the plasma parameters or chaotic states under certain experimental conditions [6,[9][10][11][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The ion sheaths are widely investigated because of its primary role in processing plasmas [4,5,6]. However, electron sheaths has been in focus for two decades [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26]. In laboratory plasmas, electron sheath is a thin region near the anode where the electron density increases monotonically from plasma to the anode surface [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%