Ion current on a small spherical attractive probe in a weakly ionized plasma with ion-neutral collisions (kinetic approach)

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Zobnin, A V ^a   Usachev, A D ^a   Petrov, O F ^a   Fortov, V E ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IONIZATION; KINETIC THEORY; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA WAVES;

COLLISIONLESS THEORY; DEBYE LENGTH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; KINETIC EQUATION;

IONIC CONDUCTION;

EID: 42949089376     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2903052     Document Type: Article

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