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On the theory of plasma–sheath resonance in a non-uniform plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

NOBORU TANIZUKA
Affiliation:
College of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Sakai, 599-8531 Japan
JOHN E. ALLEN
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK

Abstract

Calculations are presented on the phenomenon of plasma–sheath resonance in an inhomogeneous plasma. In certain cases, this resonance coincides with a local resonance occurring in the plasma, the local plasma frequency being equal to the resonant frequency of the entire system. The theory does not describe the mechanism of absorption, but does predict the magnitude of the power involved. Some limitations of the theory are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1999 Cambridge University Press

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