A method for treating the sheath size in the Langmuir Mott-Smith equations. Environmental research papers
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6215777
An argument is presented which justifies the simultaneous use of both the Langmuir Mott-Smith orbit limited, and the diode space charge limited equations for current collection by electrostatic probes. From these two equations the sheath size can be eliminated and the current to a probe obtained for a large range of values of probe potential and Debye length. Numerical solutions are presented for both the spherical and cylindrical cases. Asymptotic properties are considered. (Author)
- Research Organization:
- Air Force Geophysics Lab., Hanscom AFB, MA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6215777
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-058961
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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