Open AccessTheory of Resonance Probe
Author(s) -
Yoshi H. Ichikawa,
Hideo Ikegami
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp.28.315
Subject(s) - physics , plasma , atomic physics , debye length , resonance (particle physics) , electron , amplitude , ionization , bessel function , electric field , ion , optics , quantum mechanics
A theoretical analysis is made of the resonance phenomena in the radio-frequency probe experiments of Takayama et al. The Boltzmann-Vlasov equation is solved under the action of an external rf electric field. The solution gives the resonance peak of the de component of the electron current to the probe at the plasma frequency. For a partially ionized plasma, the peak-height IJj and the half-width ilah/2 are given by the following formulae.
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