On the negative resistance of double layers
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 30 (2) , 249-254
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002237780000115x
Abstract
The negative resistance of double layers has been invoked to explain instability in diode currents, and the flickering aurora phenomenon. In this paper the theory of the negative resistance is extended by a more detailed account of the constraints that are imposed on the electron distributions in the double layer. Attention is concentrated on the energetic trapped electrons which originate at the high potential side of a double layer.Keywords
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