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On the transverse expansion of ions in front of a segmented electrode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2002

KARL E. LONNGREN
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
VERONIQUE ZIEGLER
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
JOHN DINKEL
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA 52557, USA
CLAUDE SETZER
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA 52557, USA

Abstract

The transverse evolution of ions in front of two juxtaposed electrodes whose electric potentials are independently applied is calculated. The particle motion is described with nonlinear fluid equations and a self-consistent electric field.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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