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Debye shielding of a moving test charge in plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Chong-Lung Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Glenn Joyce
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
D. R. Nicholson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Abstract

Equipotential contours for a moving test charge in isotropic Maxwellian plasma are determined numerically for a wide range of test charge speeds.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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