<i>Letter to the Editor</i><br>An analogy to the Reynolds number for the neutral gas component of a weak plasma
The Reynolds number <i>Re</i> is used as a metric to assess whether or not a flow may contain turbulence. In a weakly ionised gas with an external electric field imposed, ions exert a drag on the neutral particles. Thus, a component of the neutral motion is attributable to the ion-dr...
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Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2001-01-01
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Series: | Annales Geophysicae |
Online Access: | https://www.ann-geophys.net/19/131/2001/angeo-19-131-2001.pdf |