Circuit effects on Pierce instabilities
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 54 (12) , 7192-7194
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.331958
Abstract
The role of the Pierce instability in the formation of double layers is considered and compared with that of the Buneman instability. Pierce instabilities have been identified in a double-layer experiment, where they lead to ion trapping. Here the effects of external circuit elements are considered. In the case of immobile ions the onset criteria are unaffected, but in the unstable range the growth rate is reduced by the external impedance. Required experimental values of the circuit elements are estimated. The possible relevance to computer simulations is noted.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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