Measurement of the vertical nonuniformity of the plasma sheath in a complex plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8 PART 2, 2009, Pages 1620-1625

  Kong, Jie ^a   Hyde, Truell W ^a   Harris, Brandon ^a   Qiao, Ke ^a   Carmona Reyes, Jorge ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic effects; Complex plasma; Diagnostics; Ion wakefield; Plasma sheath

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC EFFECTS; ANISOTROPIC INTERACTION; COMPLEX PLASMA; DIAGNOSTICS; DUST PARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERACTION FORCES; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; NONUNIFORMITY; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WAKE FIELDS;

ANISOTROPY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA THEORY;

IONS;

EID: 69249205425     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2024943     Document Type: Article

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