Ion collection by a sphere in a flowing highly collisional plasma

被引：8

作者：

Khrapak, S. A. ^{[1
]}

Klumov, B. A. ^{[1
]}

Morfill, G. E. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85741 Garching, Germany

来源：

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS | 2007年 / 14卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.2711814

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

Ion collection by a small negatively biased sphere in flowing highly collisional plasmas is investigated. Ion trajectories in the vicinity of the sphere are obtained from the solution of the ion equation of motion. From the analysis of the trajectories, the total ion flux to the sphere is determined and the sphere floating potential is calculated from the balance between ion and electron fluxes. The asymmetry in ion collection by the upstream and downstream sides of the sphere is quantified. The results obtained can be important in the context of complex (dusty) plasmas, as well as in the context of probe theory. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.

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