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Plasma Sheaths

Plasma Sheath is a thin boundary layer in a plasma where a significant electric field forms due to the disparity in mobility between electrons and ions, resulting in a localized departure from quasi-neutrality that screens the plasma from external surfaces or fields.

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The Theory of Collectors in Gaseous Discharges

H. M. Mott-Smith, Irving Langmuir · Physical Review · 1926 · 1.6K citations

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On a plasma sheath separating regions of oppositely directed magnetic field

E. G. Harris · Il Nuovo Cimento · 1962 · 1.3K citations

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Plasma source ion-implantation technique for surface modification of materials

J. R. Conrad, Joachim Radtke, R.A. Dodd et al. · Journal of Applied Physics · 1987 · 1.1K citations

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The Bohm criterion and sheath formation

K.‐U. Riemann · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics · 1991 · 1K citations

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A General Theory of the Plasma of an Arc

Lewi Tonks, Irving Langmuir · Physical Review · 1929 · 973 citations

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  1. MA
    M. A. Lieberman

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    40 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. NH
    N. Hershkowitz

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    48 publications · 2K citations

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  3. JS
    Julian Schulze

    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    40 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. MK
    Michael Keidar

    George Washington University, United States

    35 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. JR
    J. R. Myra

    Lodestar Research Corporation (United States), United States

    40 publications · 1.5K citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    52 h-index

    286 publications

    20.2K citations

  2. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    49 h-index

    330 publications

    17K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    48 h-index

    400 publications

    18K citations

  4. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    41 h-index

    271 publications

    13.4K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    40 h-index

    210 publications

    10.9K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

    Garching, Germany

    39 h-index

    460 publications

    21.6K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    39 h-index

    171 publications

    10.7K citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    38 h-index

    242 publications

    17.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Applied Physics

    377 publications · 19.2K citations

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  2. Physics of Plasmas

    635 publications · 23K citations

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  3. Plasma Sources Science and Technology

    300 publications · 13.6K citations

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 119 publications · 9.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

    273 publications · 13K citations

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