Theory of a Stationary Current-Free Double Layer in a Collisionless Plasma

Current-free double layers can develop in a collisionless, inertia-controlled plasma with two electron populations, expanding in a convergent-divergent nozzle. The double layer characteristics depend on whether they develop at the nozzle divergent side, convergent side, or throat. The divergent-geom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahedo, Eduardo, Martinez-Sanchez, Manuel
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52373