Abstract
Energetic wave-trapped electrons of , moving at the 13.56 MHz helicon wave phase velocity, are directly measured with a 3 ns response-time retarding-potential analyzer. The rf axial wavelength is measured with -dot probes scanned axially. Changes in the axial magnetic field or the rf power cause order of magnitude changes in the energetic electron current. The current correlates with either a transition from partially propagating to nearly pure standing waves or quantized jumps in the number of half wavelengths between the two azimuthal antenna straps.
- Received 7 November 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.233
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