Bohm sheath criteria and double layers in multispecies plasmas

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 57, Issue PART 2, 1997, Pages 465-477

  Verheest, Frank ^a   Hellberg, Manfred A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; PLASMA THEORY; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

BOHM SHEATH CRITERIA; COLD FLUID THEORY; SAGDEEV POTENTIAL;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0031069110     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377896004977     Document Type: Article

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