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Collision and ionization effects in a plasma sheath

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Pung Nien Hu and
Sigi Ziering
Pung Nien Hu
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Incorporated, 301 Bear Hill Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
Sigi Ziering
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Incorporated, 301 Bear Hill Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
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Abstract

This paper examines analytically the transition domain between collisionless and collision dominated flows in the environment of a plasma sheath. The onset of collisions also brings into focus the concurrent effects due to ionization, which are retained in the theory. An integral method of iteration is established, and the dominant correction terms due to collision and ionization effects are obtained. Various limiting cases are examined.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 1968, pp. 119 - 134
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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