TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, X. AU - Xiao, Y. T. AU - Gimeno, B. PY - 2020 DA - 2020// TI - Multipactor Suppression by a Resonant Static Magnetic Field on a Dielectric Surface T2 - IEEE Trans. Electron Devices JO - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices SP - 5723 EP - 5728 VL - 67 IS - 12 PB - Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc KW - Radio frequency KW - Dielectrics KW - Magnetic resonance KW - Discharges (electric) KW - Surface discharges KW - Surface waves KW - Electrostatics KW - Monte Carlo simulation KW - multipactor discharge KW - orthogonal waves KW - resonant static magnetic field KW - secondary electron yield AB - In this article, we study the suppression of the multipactor phenomenon on a dielectric surface by a resonant static magnetic field. A homemade Monte Carlo algorithm is developed for multipactor simulations on a dielectric surface driven by two orthogonal radio frequency (RF) electric field components. When the static magnetic field is perpendicular to the tangential and normal RF electric fields, it is shown that if the normal electric field lags the tangential electric field by pi/2, the superposition of the normal and tangential electric fields will trigger a gyro-acceleration of the electron cloud and restrain the multipactor discharge effectively. By contrast, when the normal electric field is in advance of the tangential electric field by pi/2, the difference between the normal and tangential electric fields drives gyro-motion of the electron cloud. Consequently, two enhanced discharge zones are inevitable. The suppression effects of the resonant static magnetic field that is parallel to the tangential RF electric field or to the normal RF electric field are also presented. SN - 0018-9383 UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2020.3027271 DO - 10.1109/TED.2020.3027271 LA - English N1 - WOS:000594337700064 ID - Zhang_etal2020 ER -