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Interpretation of a Planar Langmuir Probe Current — Voltage Characteristic in a Strong Magnetic Field
Author(s) -
Stanojević M.,
Čerček M.,
Gyergyek T.,
Jelić N.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150340502
Subject(s) - langmuir probe , plasma , magnetic field , atomic physics , planar , physics , electron temperature , argon , current (fluid) , plasma diagnostics , perpendicular , condensed matter physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , computer science , computer graphics (images) , geometry , mathematics
A theory of current collection by a planar Langmuir probe in a strong magnetic field with the direction perpendicular to the probe surface based on the models of Stangeby (J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 15 (1982) 1007) and Stanojevic et al. (Contrib. Plasma Phys. 33 (1993) 241) is presented. Besides the possibility of deriving the plasma density, n 0 , the electron temperature, T e , and the cross‐field diffusion coefficient, D 1 , from the measured probe characteristic reported in the previous studies, experiments in a strongly magnetized D.C. discharge argon plasma showed the applicability of this theory also for deriving the ion temperature, T i .