Plasma-sheath transition in the magnetized plasma-wall problem for collisionless ions

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2217-2226

  Sternberg, Natalia ^a   Poggie, Jonathan ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetized plasma wall problem; Magnetized quasi neutral plasma; Magnetized sheath; Patching; Quasi neutral plasma boundary; Sheath edge

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; POISSON EQUATION; VECTORS;

COLLISIONLESS IONS; MAGNETIZED PLASMA-WALL PROBLEM; MAGNETIZED QUASI-NEUTRAL PLASMA; MAGNETIZED SHEATH; QUASI-NEUTRAL PLASMA BOUNDARY; SHEATH EDGE;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 11244328891     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.838687     Document Type: Article

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