A simple model for electron temperature in dilute plasma flows
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2016
Abstract
� 2016 Author(s). In this short note, we present some work on investigating electron temperatures and potentials in steady dilute plasma flows. The analysis is based on the detailed fluid model for electrons. Ionizations, normalized electron number density gradients, and magnetic fields are neglected. The transport properties are assumed as local constants. With these treatments, the partial differential equation for electron temperature degenerates as an ordinary differential equation. Along an electron streamline, two simple formulas for electron temperature and plasma potential are obtained. These formulas offer some insights, e.g., the electron temperature and plasma potential distributions along an electron streamline include two exponential functions, and the one for plasma potential includes an extra linear distribution function.
Publication Title
Physics of Plasmas
Recommended Citation
Cai, C.,
&
Cooke, D.
(2016).
A simple model for electron temperature in dilute plasma flows.
Physics of Plasmas,
23(10).
http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4965229
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