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Electron dynamics at the initial stage of floating-sheath formation

Catalin Lupu, Davy D. Tskhakaya, Siegbert Kuhn, Milan Cercek, Roman Schrittwieser, Cheorghe Popa

physics.plasm-pharXiv:physics/0410242

Abstract

The problem of sheath formation in front of a conductive planar plate inserted into the plasma is formulated. Initially, the plate is assumed to be neutral. It is shown that the charging-up process of the plate is accompanied by the excitation of electron plasma waves.

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