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A note on the electrical potential distribution around a test charge in anisotropic collisional plasmas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2010
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss recent results concerning the electrical potential distribution around a small test charged particle in weakly ionized collisional plasmas in the presence of an ion flow. The effect of plasma absorption on the particle surface is taken into account and the results are compared with those from earlier models neglecting absorption. In the considered regime, the effect of plasma absorption is quite important and completely determines the long-range asymptote of the electrical potential.
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- Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 76 , Special Issue 3-4: In Honor of Professor Padma Kant Shukla on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday , August 2010 , pp. 603 - 606
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