Modeling A Three Filament Plasma Experiment with An Adapted Single Filament Model

September 2021- December 2021

We modeled a plasma experiment conducted on the Large Plasma Device at UCLA, in which three electron cathodes injected electrons into a magnetized, low energy helium plasma. Our hypothesis was that the experiment could be represented using an adapted single filament model combined with a potential well function. The results were mixed, as the model captured certain aspects of the experiment but failed to accurately reproduce others.

Top: Experimental setup

Bottom: The model with the potential well (L) vs the experiment (R)

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