Electric Probes in Stationary and Flowing Plasmas Theory and Application
The electric probe has long been used as a fundamental diagnostic tool for measuring the local properties of a plasma. Since Langmuir first developed the electric-probe technique in 1924, probes have been used to measure electron densities and temperatures in a wide variety of gaseous ionized media,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1975, 1975
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1975 |
| Series: | Applied Physics and Engineering, An International Series
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Table of Contents:
- I Fundamental Considerations
- II Collisionless and Transitional Electric Probes
- 2.0 Introduction
- 2.1 Early Theories
- 2.2 Orbital Motion Limit
- 2.3 The Cold-Ion Approximation
- 2.4 Exact Theories for Current Collection by Spherical and Cylindrical Probes in the Collisionless Limit
- 2.5 Collisional Effects on Probe Response
- 2.6 Effect of Flow on Aligned Cylindrical Probes under Collisionless Conditions
- 2.7 Summary
- References
- III Continuum Electric Probes
- 3.0 Introduction
- 3.1 Some Physical Considerations
- 3.2 Governing Equations and Boundary Conditions
- 3.3 Specific Applications to Probe Theory
- 3.4 The Collisionless Thin Sheath (Dense) Case
- 3.5 Summary
- References
- IV Special Topics
- 4.0 Introduction
- 4.1 Probe-Surface Phenomena
- 4.2 Negative Ions
- 4.3 Strongly Ionized Plasmas
- 4.4 Turbulent Plasmas
- 4.5 Electric Probes in Magnetic Fields
- References
- Appendix Introduction
- A.1 Nondimensionalization of Boltzmann and Poisson Equations
- A.2 General Behavior of the Boltzmann Equation
- A.3 Distribution Function for Continuum Plasma
- A.4 Electron-Diffusion and Energy-Transport Vectors for Continuum Plasma
- A.5 Moment Equations of the Boltzmann Equations
- A.6 Noncontinuum Regimes (Collisionless and Transitional)
- References