The effect of ion drift on the sheath, presheath, and ion-current collection for cylinders in a collisionless plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-11

  McMahon, J C ^a   Xu, G Z ^a   Laframboise, J G ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SPACECRAFT;

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; ELECTROSTATIC PROBES; ION DRIFT; SHEATH;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 24144479531     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1924392     Document Type: Article

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