Properties of a warm plasma collisional sheath in an oblique magnetic field
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Heifei 230031 (China)
The properties of a warm plasma collisional sheath in an oblique magnetic field and the associated sheath criterion are investigated with a two-fluid model. In the fluid framework, a sheath criterion including effects of the magnetic field and collision is established theoretically for a wide range of ion temperature. With the sheath criterion as the plasma-sheath boundary condition, different plasma parameters including potential, electron and ion densities, and ion velocity are calculated for various ion temperatures and ion thermal motions. It is shown that the properties of the sheath depend not only on the plasma balance equations but also on the sheath boundary conditions. In addition, effects of the directions and magnitudes of the magnetic field on the plasma sheath are also discussed under different ion temperatures.
- OSTI ID:
- 22068927
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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