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Title: Entire plasmas can be restructured when electrons are emitted from the boundaries

Abstract

It is well known that electron emission can restructure the thin sheaths at plasma-facing surfaces. But conventional models assume that the plasma's structure negligibly changes (the “presheath” is still thought to be governed by ion acceleration to the Bohm speed). Here, it is shown by theory and simulation that the presheath can take a fundamentally different structure where the emitted electrons entering the quasineutral region cause numerous changes. As a result, gradients of total plasma density, ion and electron pressures, and electric potential throughout the “inverted” presheath can carry different magnitudes, and opposite signs, from Bohm presheaths.

Authors:
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1266688
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1228596
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-665867
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; AC02-09CH11466
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; plasma sheaths; plasma temperature; plasma density; plasma flows; plasma ionization

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Campanell, M. D. Entire plasmas can be restructured when electrons are emitted from the boundaries. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4918339.
Campanell, M. D. Entire plasmas can be restructured when electrons are emitted from the boundaries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918339
Campanell, M. D. Tue . "Entire plasmas can be restructured when electrons are emitted from the boundaries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918339. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1266688.
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abstractNote = {It is well known that electron emission can restructure the thin sheaths at plasma-facing surfaces. But conventional models assume that the plasma's structure negligibly changes (the “presheath” is still thought to be governed by ion acceleration to the Bohm speed). Here, it is shown by theory and simulation that the presheath can take a fundamentally different structure where the emitted electrons entering the quasineutral region cause numerous changes. As a result, gradients of total plasma density, ion and electron pressures, and electric potential throughout the “inverted” presheath can carry different magnitudes, and opposite signs, from Bohm presheaths.},
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year = {Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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