Theory of cylindrical and spherical Langmuir probes in the limit of vanishing Debye number

DOI10.1063/1.863725zbMath0507.76121OpenAlexW1994101627MaRDI QIDQ4745556

L. R. O. Storey, L. W. Parker, J. G. Laframboise, M. J. M. Parrot

Publication date: 1982

Published in: The Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863725

zbMATH Keywords

sheathcurrent-voltage characteristicspresheathcollisionlesscollectorsattracted- particle currentcylindrical and spherical probesequal electron and ion temperaturesratio of Debye length to probe radius vanishessheath-edge density and potential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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