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Title: Ion velocity distribution and drift velocity near a wall in a constant electric field

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5133060

A plasma under laboratory conditions is generally bounded by walls. A wall makes the ion velocity distribution non-Maxwellian, since the wall either does not emit ions or emits them with properties different from those of the plasma ions. An electric field, usually directed toward the wall, has the consequence that at the point x=0 (at the wall), and with no ion emission from the wall, J/sub w/=0, there are no ions with a zero velocity component v/sub x/.

Research Organization:
Physicoenergetics Institute, Obninsk
OSTI ID:
5133060
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 3:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English