Probe measurements in a stream of the rarefied plasma

Аuthors

Kotel'nikov V. A.^*, Kim V. P.^**, Kotelnikov M. V.^*, Sidorenko E. K.^**

Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), 4, Volokolamskoe shosse, Moscow, А-80, GSP-3, 125993, Russia

*e-mail: mvk_home@mail.ru
**e-mail: riame4@sokol.ru

Abstract

Physical, mathematical and computing models of a probes problems for streams of the rarefied plasma are considered. Results of calculations for probes of cylindrical geometry are presented. Processing techniques of a probes experiment in a case when all charged particles are in one plasma formation, moving with the same directed speed, and also in a case when the rarefied stream of plasma moves through the rarefied background plasma are offered. Results of processing of probes experiment which was spent in a stream of the rarefied plasma expiring from the stationary plasma engine (SPE) are presented.

Keywords:

the rarefied plasma, probe measurements, a cylindrical probe, volt-ampernye characteristic, the stationary plasma engine, background plasma