1977, Zeszyt 74
Experimental Investigation of Ion Current to Cylindrical Langmuir Probe in Transitional Regime Using Microwave Technique
TADEUSZ KOPICZYŃSKI, TOMASZ TUNDAK
Abstract
An experimental study of dependence of the ion current collected by a cylindrical probe on the collisional effects is discribed. The main achievement is a direct evidence that the ion current in the orbital motion limit (OML) regime does not decrease monotonically with growing pressure, this being contrary to the recent theoretical predictions.
Keywords:
ion current, cylindrical probe, collisional effects, orbital motion limit (OML)Download: