Published August 1975
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Journal article
The expansion of a plasma into a vacuum
Description
This paper reports calculations of the collision-free expansion of a semi-infinite plasma. It is shown that the ion front is accelerated to velocities comparable with the thermal velocity of the electrons. (author)
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Plasma Physics
- Journal Volume
- 14
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- J. Plasma Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 65-76
- ISSN
- 0022-3778
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 7224263
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; COLLISIONLESS PLASMA; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA EXPANSION; VACUUM STATES
- Descriptors DEC
- EXPANSION; PLASMA
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