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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| author | Ahedo, Eduardo Martinez-Sanchez, Manuel |
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| description | 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-geometry double layer describes faithfully the Hairapetian-Stenzel experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 175 (1990)], whereas the two other types correspond with those studied in self-similar expansions and wall-collection models of similar plasmas. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/523732022-09-26T15:38:50Z Theory of a Stationary Current-Free Double Layer in a Collisionless Plasma Ahedo, Eduardo Martinez-Sanchez, Manuel Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Martinez-Sanchez, Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, Manuel 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-geometry double layer describes faithfully the Hairapetian-Stenzel experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 175 (1990)], whereas the two other types correspond with those studied in self-similar expansions and wall-collection models of similar plasmas. 2010-03-08T16:32:13Z 2010-03-08T16:32:13Z 2009-09 2009-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52373 Ahedo, Eduardo , and Manuel Martínez Sánchez. “Theory of a Stationary Current-Free Double Layer in a Collisionless Plasma.” Physical Review Letters 103.13 (2009): 135002. © 2009 The American Physical Society en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.135002 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
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| title | Theory of a Stationary Current-Free Double Layer in a Collisionless Plasma |
| title_full | Theory of a Stationary Current-Free Double Layer in a Collisionless Plasma |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Theory of a Stationary Current-Free Double Layer in a Collisionless Plasma |
| title_short | Theory of a Stationary Current-Free Double Layer in a Collisionless Plasma |
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