A note on the plasma sheath and the Bohm criterion

Autor: Greg Severn
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: American Journal of Physics. 75:92-94
ISSN: 1943-2909
0002-9505
Popis: The Bohm criterion is an inequality signifying that the ion flow speed at the plasma boundary must be at least as great as the ion sound speed in order for a sheath to form at the boundary. A physical explanation for this phenomenon is given, and the phenomenon is compared with the flow of falling water.
Databáze: OpenAIRE