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Numerical model of plasma double layers using the Vlasov equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Lloyd E. Johnson
Lloyd E. Johnson
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R. and D. Associates, P.O. Box 9695, Marina del Roy, California 90291
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Abstract

The one-dimensional plasma double layer is modelled by numerically integrating the time-dependent Vlasov and Poisson equations. A constant magnetic field at an arbitrary angle with respect to the layer is included. The model shows that such a plasma region can generate as well as reflect Langmuir waves and shows how RF emission may arise. An axial magnetic field does not inhibit the formation of a double layer, although a non-axial field may do so.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , June 1980 , pp. 433 - 452
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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