Published March 2006
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Journal article
Plasma-sheath effects on the Debye screening problem
- 1. Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
- 2. Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Trieste, Trieste (Italy) and Consortium for Magnetofluid Dynamics, Trieste (Italy)
- 3. and Consortium for Magnetofluid Dynamics, Trieste (Italy)
- 4. International Center for Theoretical Physics, ICPT/TRIL, Program, Trieste (Italy)
- 5. Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Trieste, Trieste (Italy)
Description
The classical Debye-Hueckel screening effect of the electrostatic field generated by isolated charged particles immersed in a plasma is reviewed. The validity of the underlying mathematical model, and particularly of the weak-field approximation, is analyzed. It is shown that the presence of the plasma sheath around test particles and the resulting effect of charge screening are essential for the description of plasmas that are strongly coupled
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2173963;
- arXiv
- arXiv:physics/0512213v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics of Plasmas
- Journal Volume
- 13
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 032102-032102.8
- ISSN
- 1070-664X
- CODEN
- PHPAEN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37085753
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- APPROXIMATIONS; BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA; PLASMA SHEATH; TEST PARTICLES
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics