Ion rarefaction waves in cylindrical and spherical geometries
Abstract
A similarity technique is used to solve the problem of the ion rarefaction wave associated with a sheath growing at constant speed from a cylindrical or spherical probe into an infinite plasma.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 1973
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1973JPlPh..10..451P