Shielding of moving test particles in warm, isotropic plasma

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1973 · J. Plasma Phys., v. 9, pp. 311-324

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377800007522· OSTI ID:4393216

Chen, L; Langdon, A B; Lieberman, M A

Shielding of test charges in warm, isotropic electron and electron--ion plasmas is studied analytically and numerically. For a plasma with hot Maxwellian electrons and cold mobile ions, the potential due to a charge moving faster than the ion acoustic velocity has an ion acoustic Cherenkov cone. Ahead of the particle, the shielding is the usual electron Debye type with a modified longer shielding length. (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Berkeley
• NSA Number: NSA-29-011639
• OSTI ID: 4393216
• Journal Information: J. Plasma Phys., v. 9, pp. 311-324, Journal Name: J. Plasma Phys., v. 9, pp. 311-324; ISSN JPLPB
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

Related Subjects

*HOT PLASMA-- TEST PARTICLES
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
ELECTRONS
ION ACOUSTIC WAVES
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