Electric Probes in Stationary and Flowing Plasmas Theory and Application

Electric Probes in Stationary and Flowing Plasmas Theory and Application / by P.M. Chung, L. Talbot, K.J. Touryan.

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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Main Authors: Chung, P.M (Author), Talbot, L. (Author), Touryan, K.J (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1975.
Edition:1st ed. 1975.
Series:Applied Physics and Engineering, An International Series, 11
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Subjects:
Plasma (Ionized gases).
Physics.
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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.

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