Sheath formation in the presence of non-extensive electron distribution |
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Authors: | Rakesh Moulick Anuj Garg Mukesh Kumar |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physics, Rangapara College, Sonitpur, India;2. Department of Physics, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India |
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Abstract: | The main aim of this article is to recognize the sheath formation in the presence of non-extensive electron distribution. The role of ion–neutral collision parameter K and the non-extensive parameter “q” has been discussed. Existing literature suggests that the presence of non-extensive electrons potentially modifies the plasma sheath behaviour. However, numerical calculations over the full plasma range, jointly addressing the sheath and presheath, are rare. Sheath formation, being a very fundamental phenomenon, deserves enough investigation in the region of non-extensive distribution of particles. This study attempts to bridge the gap in understanding the formation of the sheath in collisional plasma in the light of both Boltzmann and q-distributed non-extensive electrons. |
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Keywords: | plasma sheath q-distributed electrons Tsallis statistics |
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