Numerical solutions to the weakly collisional plasma and sheath in the fluid approach and the reduction of the ion current to the wall

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3 PART 2, 2006, Pages 850-854

  Sternovsky, Zoltan ^a   Robertson, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Particle collisions; Plasma modeling; Plasma sheaths

Indexed keywords

COLLISION FREQUENCIES; COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; COLLISIONLESS; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRIES; FITTING PARAMETERS; ION CURRENTS; ION FLUXES; LIMITING CASE; MEAN FREE PATHS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; PARTICLE COLLISIONS; PLASMA MODELING; SHEATH PROBLEMS; TRANSITION REGIMES;

PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA SHEATHS;

IONS;

EID: 35748969251     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.874853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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