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
fDate :
3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
