Tonks–Langmuir Problem for a Bi-Maxwellian Plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 728-734

  Godyak, Valery A ^a   Meytlis, Vladimir P ^b   Strauss, Henry R ^b  

^a OSRAM SYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; IONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA THEORY; TEMPERATURE;

AMBIPOLAR POTENTIAL; BI-MAXWELLIAN PLASMA; COLD ELECTRONS; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HOT ELECTRONS; ION FLUX; TONKS-LANGMUIR PROBLEM;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0029352984     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.467995     Document Type: Article

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