A note on the generalized sheath criterion
- 11 November 1976
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 9 (16), 2331-2332
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/9/16/003
Abstract
It is shown that the generalized form of the sheath criterion corresponds to 'sonic flow' at the plasma boundary.Keywords
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