Influence of an external static magnetic field on prebreakdown electron emission and heating

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Autori principali: Koitermaa, Roni, Toktaganova, Marzhan, Kyritsakis, Andreas, Tiirats, Tauno, Grudiev, Alexej, Zadin, Veronika, Djurabekova, Flyura
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author Koitermaa, Roni
Toktaganova, Marzhan
Kyritsakis, Andreas
Tiirats, Tauno
Grudiev, Alexej
Zadin, Veronika
Djurabekova, Flyura
author_facet Koitermaa, Roni
Toktaganova, Marzhan
Kyritsakis, Andreas
Tiirats, Tauno
Grudiev, Alexej
Zadin, Veronika
Djurabekova, Flyura
contents High magnetic fields can increase the occurrence of vacuum arcing, suggesting that both electric and magnetic fields can play a role in the vacuum arcing process. The mechanism of vacuum arcing in high magnetic fields is believed to involve both the cathode and the anode, with the cathode serving as the originator of field-emitting nanoprotrusions or tips, while the anode serves a secondary role. Significant heating of the anode surface can be achieved by magnetic focusing of the emitted electron beam, leading to increased heat flux due to greater current density. We simulated the emitted electron beam in different configurations of the electric and magnetic fields using the particle-in-cell (PIC) and finite element methods (FEM). The heating caused by the impacting electron beam was simulated for magnetic fields ranging from 0 T to 30 T. The directions of the electric and magnetic fields were found to play a major role in the focusing of the electron beam. We found that a sufficient temperature increase on the anode surface for evaporation can be reached at magnetic fields on the order of 10-30 T, suggesting the possibility of plasma initiation on the anode side.
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spellingShingle Influence of an external static magnetic field on prebreakdown electron emission and heating
Koitermaa, Roni
Toktaganova, Marzhan
Kyritsakis, Andreas
Tiirats, Tauno
Grudiev, Alexej
Zadin, Veronika
Djurabekova, Flyura
Accelerator Physics
Materials Science
Computational Physics
Plasma Physics
High magnetic fields can increase the occurrence of vacuum arcing, suggesting that both electric and magnetic fields can play a role in the vacuum arcing process. The mechanism of vacuum arcing in high magnetic fields is believed to involve both the cathode and the anode, with the cathode serving as the originator of field-emitting nanoprotrusions or tips, while the anode serves a secondary role. Significant heating of the anode surface can be achieved by magnetic focusing of the emitted electron beam, leading to increased heat flux due to greater current density. We simulated the emitted electron beam in different configurations of the electric and magnetic fields using the particle-in-cell (PIC) and finite element methods (FEM). The heating caused by the impacting electron beam was simulated for magnetic fields ranging from 0 T to 30 T. The directions of the electric and magnetic fields were found to play a major role in the focusing of the electron beam. We found that a sufficient temperature increase on the anode surface for evaporation can be reached at magnetic fields on the order of 10-30 T, suggesting the possibility of plasma initiation on the anode side.
title Influence of an external static magnetic field on prebreakdown electron emission and heating
topic Accelerator Physics
Materials Science
Computational Physics
Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09113