Beyond the step model: Approximate expressions for the field in the plasma boundary sheath

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Brinkmann, Ralf Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON EQUATION;

ASYMPTOTIC SCALE ANALYSIS; CHARGE DEPLETION; ION DENSITY VARIATION; SHEATH MODEL;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 37549066371     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2772499     Document Type: Article

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