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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Main Authors: Ahedo, Eduardo (Author), Martinez-Sanchez, Manuel (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2010-03-08T16:32:13Z.
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