ON THE STABILITY OF STRONG DOUBLE-LAYERS

被引:17
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作者
SONG, B
MERLINO, RL
DANGELO, N
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City
来源
PHYSICA SCRIPTA | 1992年 / 45卷 / 04期
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10.1088/0031-8949/45/4/018
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
For a strong, stationary double layer to be maintained, the electron flux PHI(e) and the ion flux PHI(i) must satisfy the Langmuir condition PHI(e)/PHI(i) = square-root m(i)/m(e). However, this condition alone does not determine whether or not the double layer will remain in stable equilibrium at a given position. A new stability condition is obtained and the results of several laboratory double layer experiments are examined using this condition.
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