An examination of several models of electron collection by plasma contactors leads to a definition of the range of validity and applicability for each model. It is noted that most present ground-based experiments are of limited relevance to space applications of plasma contactors, since they operate in a regime where the magnetic field and effective collisions are at most only marginally important. An exception is the experiment of Stenzel and Urrutia (1986), which examined a plasma whose electron Larmor radius was small by comparison to the scale of the potential, and in which the anomalous transport of electrons across the magnetic field was important. The enhanced electron current was not continuous in time, but occurred in periodic bursts as the instabilities periodically emerged, saturated, and decayed.


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    Titel :

    Theory of plasma contactors in ground-based experiments and low earth orbit


    Beteiligte:
    Gerver, M. J. (Autor:in) / Hastings, D. E. (Autor:in) / Oberhardt, M. R. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1990-08-01



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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    GERVER, M. J. / HASTINGS, D. E. / OBERHARDT, M. R. | AIAA | 1990


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