Published December 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Basic concept of sheath formation

  • 1. Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Saitama (Japan)

Description

The condition for the formation of a sheath in front of an electrode in a plasma is reviewed. The treatment is extended to cases with negative ions, high energy electrons and secondary electrons. The case when the positive ion temperature is higher than the electron temperature is also treated. The plasma dispersion relation is discussed from the point of sheath formation. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Kaku Yugo Kenkyu
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 550-555.
ISSN
0451-2375
CODEN
KAKEA4