Electron dynamics at the initial stage of floating-sheath formation

Catalin Lupu (1) , Davy D. Tskhakaya (2) , Siegbert Kuhn (2) , Milan Cercek (3) , Roman Schrittwieser (4) , Cheorghe Popa (1)

1 Plasma Physics Department, Faculty of Physics
2 Association Euratom-ÖAW, Department of Theoretical Physics
3 IJS - Jozef Stefan Institute [Ljubljana]
4 Euratom-ÖAW, Department of Ion Physics

The problem of sheath formation in front of a conductive planar plate inserted into the plasma is formulated. Initially, the plate is assumed to be neutral. It is shown that the charging-up process of the plate is accompanied by the excitation of electron plasma waves.

Mots clés: plasma; simulations; plasma waves

Domaines: Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

Catalin Lupu, Davy D. Tskhakaya, Siegbert Kuhn, Milan Cercek, Roman Schrittwieser, et al.. Electron dynamics at the initial stage of floating-sheath formation. 2004. ⟨hal-00001980⟩