Collision and ionization effects in a plasma sheath
- 1 June 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 2 (2) , 119-134
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800003688
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.Keywords
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