• DocumentCode
    1541008
  • Title

    A kinetic analysis of plasma sheaths by integral equation method

  • Author

    Tsubota, K. ; Igarashi, H. ; Honma, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1366
  • Lastpage
    1369
  • Abstract
    We report the analysis of plasma sheaths which occur between plasma and the wall. The plasma equation which governs sheaths has been already solved by Bissell et al. (1987), but the serious numerical errors occur in their results because the singularity exists in the equation. We consider the singularity and develop a method which regularizes the singularity, so that we confirm the errors are improved. We think this method is available for another calculation of the equation which includes the singularity
  • Keywords
    error analysis; fusion reactor theory; fusion reactors; integral equations; plasma confinement; plasma kinetic theory; plasma sheaths; integral equation method; kinetic analysis; nuclear fusion reactor; numerical errors; plasma equation; plasma sheaths; singularity; Containers; Fusion reactors; Inductors; Integral equations; Kinetic theory; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Plasma confinement; Plasma sheaths;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.582510
  • Filename
    582510