Session GP8: Poster Session III: ITER, General Tokamak, Simulation and Modeling; MHD, Linear and Nonlinear Phenomena; Waves and Instabilities in Basic Plasmas
9:30 AM–9:30 AM, Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Room: Grand Hall East
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.DPP.GP8.84
Abstract: GP8.00084 : A Simple Analytic Double Layer
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Abstract 
Author:
Francis Perkins
(University of Colorado)
A simple model comprised of Debye-shielding electrons and inter-penetrating ion beams leads to formation of double layers. The key non dimensional parameter is the ion-beam energy to electron temperature ratio. The simple model permits an analytic solution which will be presented.
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