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Examining the range of validity of the Bohm criterion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2014

R. Morales Crespo  and
R. N. Franklin
R. Morales Crespo*
Affiliation:
Department de Física, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales Ed. C2. 14071, Spain
R. N. Franklin
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Physics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK7 6AA, UK
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†Email address for correspondence: rutphysics@gmail.com
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Abstract

This work shows that there is no such thing as a formulation of the Bohm criterion for the case of a collisional plasma. It examines critically the work of several authors who have sought to promote their own version of what has come to be called a collisionally modified Bohm criterion.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 495 - 511
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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