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Heterogeneous electron behaviour in a turbulent plasma jet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Anthony Demetriades  and
Ernest L. Doughman
Anthony Demetriades
Affiliation:
Philco-Ford Corporation, Newport Beach, California
Ernest L. Doughman
Affiliation:
Philco-Ford Corporation, Newport Beach, California
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Abstract

Uncommonly large electron density fluctuations, accompanied by large skewness and flatness factors, have been observed in the transitional zone of a plasma jet. This paper investigates these further by a digital analysis of Langmuir probe signals from this zone. The electron aggregate is found split into a decaying laminar-fluid remnant and a growing population of turbulent fluid. The uncommon statistics are caused by the double-humped histogram, while those of each population separately are normal. The mean electron density of the aggregate displays no simple chemical decay trend, but that of the laminar population fits known argon recombination schemes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , June 1973 , pp. 367 - 375
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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