• DocumentCode
    1214884
  • Title

    Measurement of Plasma Presheath

  • Author

    Meassick, S. ; Cho, M.H. ; Hershkowitz, Noah

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    4/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    115
  • Lastpage
    119
  • Abstract
    The plasma presheath in a multidipole device was measured by an emissive probe using the inflection-point method in the limit of zero emission. The temporal evolution of ion-acoustic waves was also measured. Results are compared. It is shown that the potential in the bulk of the plasma is describable by a simplified version of the plasma-sheath equation. Inclusion of finite ion temperature has a negligible effect on the predicted results compared to the inclusion of the primary electrons in the theory.
  • Keywords
    Electrons; Equations; Plasma devices; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma sheaths; Plasma temperature; Plasma waves; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.1985.4316372
  • Filename
    4316372