THEORETICAL ION CURRENT TO CYLINDRICAL LANGMUIR PROBES FOR FINITE IONTEMPERATURE VALUES

Authors
PALOP JIF BALLESTEROS J COLOMER V HERNANDEZ MA
Citation
Jif. Palop et al., THEORETICAL ION CURRENT TO CYLINDRICAL LANGMUIR PROBES FOR FINITE IONTEMPERATURE VALUES, Journal of physics. D, Applied physics, 29(11), 1996, pp. 2832-2840
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of physics. D, Applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223727
Volume
29
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2832 - 2840
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3727(1996)29:11<2832:TICTCL>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A new theoretical model for the potential distribution in the surround ings of a cylindrical conductor placed inside a neutral plasma permitt ed us to analyse the effect of the positive ion thermal motion on the ion current collected by a cylindrical Langmuir probe. The new theoret ical model includes the ABR (Allen-Boyd-Reynolds) theory as a limiting case, which is that of a negligible ion temperature compared to the e lectron temperature.