Summary form only given, as follows. In most space applications, the electrostatic probes move with the spacecraft relative to the ambient plasma. In low Earth orbit, the relative velocity ( approximately 8 km/s) is highly supersonic with respect to the ion-acoustic speed (0. For the typical value of V0 ( approximately 8 km/s) in low Earth orbit, the enhancement of the current through cross-field plasma transport was found to be an appreciable fraction of the current predicted by previous models, which do not account for cross-field plasma transport.


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    Title :

    Sheath structure near a probe in a flowing plasma


    Additional title:

    Hüllstruktur nahe einer Sonde im strömenden Plasma


    Contributors:
    Singh, N. (author) / Vashi, B. (author)


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    2 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English