Presheath environment in weakly ionized single and multispecies plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages 631-636

  Hershkowitz, Noah ^a   Ko, Eunsuk ^a   Wang, Xu ^a   Hala, Ahmed M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bohm velocity; Charge exchange; Free fall motion; Ion velocity; Ion ion streaming instability; Mobility limited flow; Presheath; Sheath; Weakly ionized plasma

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; IONIZATION; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

BOHM VELOCITY; CHARGE EXCHANGE; FREE FALL MOTION; ION VELOCITY; MOBILITY LIMITED FLOW; PRESHEATH; WEAKLY IONIZED PLASMA;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 18844374178     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.844608     Document Type: Article

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