Session GP1 - Poster Session IV.
POSTER session, Tuesday afternoon, October 30
Exhibit Hall B,
Previous studies on CTIX of the thermalization of high velocity SCT during collision with a transverse magnetic field using a gridded electrostatic energy analyzer probe had resulted in the observation of substantial average electron energy of up to 85 eV \pm 4.25. The electron energy distribution function was obtained on three data sets each with 200 shots. Before the interaction, it is estimated from its L/R time that the accelerated SCT has an electron temperature of less than 10 eV. The acceleration process imparts equal velocity to the ions and electrons; thus producing a high ion kinetic energy of 200 eV while the lower mass electrons obtain a drift kinetic energy of .1eV. We are investigating the SCT electron energy distribution before and after it interacts with the target magnetic field using a pair of electrostatic energy analyzers. The pre-collision electron energy distribution should provide needed information on the thermalization energy balance.