Title :
Diagnostics of Collisionless Processes in Plasma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA
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;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2006.878359
