A new approach to the Child-Langmuir law
Abstract
We analyze the motion of charged particles in a vacuum tube diode using a new set of variables. We obtain the space charge limited current for a charged particle moving non-relativistically in one dimension for the case of zero and non zero initial velocity. Our approach gives a new physical insight into the Child-Langmuir law and avoids the need of solving a nonlinear differential equation.
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