Authors
Citation
Te. Sheridan, SHEATH EXPANSION AT A CORNER, Journal of physics. D, Applied physics, 29(10), 1996, pp. 2725-2728
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
ISSN journal
00223727
Volume
29
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2725 - 2728
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3727(1996)29:10<2725:SEAAC>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Collisionless plasma sheath expansion away from a square corner is stu
died using a particle-in-cell simulation. It is found that the sheath
edge, ion impact angle and ion flux are essentially self-similar. This
near self-similarity is due to the quasi-static expansion of a scale-
invariant Child-Langmuir sheath.