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P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik

P 9: Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas II

P 9.7: Vortrag

Dienstag, 6. März 2018, 15:45–16:00, A 0.112

Plasma window as a pressure Valve for FAIR — •Bernhard Bohlender, Andre Michel, Marius Dehmer, Marcus Iberler und Joachim Jacoby — Institut für Angewandte Physik, Goethe Universität Frankfurt

This contribution shows the progress in the development of a plasma window at the institute for applied physics at Goethe University Frankfurt. A plasma window* is a membrane free transition between two regions of different pressure, enabling beam transmission from a rough vacuum area (~1mbar) to a higher pressure (up to 1bar) region on short length scales. In comparison to differential pumping stages a length reduction by a factor of up to 100 is achievable, while the absence of a solid membrane yields prolonged operation time. The sealing effect is based on the high temperature arc discharge sustained in a cooled copper channel between the pressure regimes. Due to a bulk temperature around 10,000K** the viscosity of the gas is dramatically increased, leading to a slower gas flow, enabling a higher pressure gradient. This contribution will present first results regarding the pressure gradient in dependence of the discharge current and the aperture. Until now, a pressure factor around 100 has been established for well over 50min. This contribution goes along with the one from Mr. A. Michel, he focuses on the spectroscopic analysis of the arc plasma. * Hershcovitch, A. J. Appl. Phys., AIP Publishing, 1995, 78, 5283 ** Krasik, Y. E.; Gleizer, S.; Gurovich, V.; Kronhaus, I.; Hershcovitch, A.; Nozar, P. & Taliani, C. J. Appl. Phys., AIP Publishing, 2007, 101, 053305