Diagnostics of Collisionless Processes in Plasma

Author

Skiff, Fred

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA

Volume

34

Issue

4

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1548

Lastpage

1552

Abstract

The importance of phase-space resolving diagnostics for understanding collisionless and weakly collisional plasma is illustrated with three examples. The first example is the problem of understanding the plasma ion response to an external periodic excitation. The second example is the description of the ion density two-point correlation function. The final example is a new technique for measuring the electron velocity distribution function in low-temperature plasmas

Keywords

plasma collision processes; plasma density; plasma diagnostics; plasma light propagation; plasma transport processes; electron velocity distribution function; external periodic excitation; ion density; laser light absorption; low-temperature plasmas; phase-space resolving diagnostics; plasma collisionless processes; plasma diagnostics; plasma ion response; two-point correlation function; weakly collisional plasma; Distribution functions; Electrons; Extraterrestrial measurements; Magnetic field measurement; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma waves; Velocity measurement; Laser measurements; microwave measurements; plasma measurements; plasma waves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2006.878359

Filename

1673568