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Generalized bohm criterion for a multicomponent plasma

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We have formulated the generalized Bohm criterion regulating the existence of a stationary charged near-electrode sheath in a multicomponent plasma with an infinitely large number of ion species. The criterion has the form of a set of inequalities one of which coincides with the Bohm criterion for a two-component plasma.

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  1. Russian Federal Nuclear Centre, All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics, Sarov, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, 607188, Russia

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Original Russian Text © A.E. Dubinov, L.A. Senilov, 2012, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Vol. 82, No. 8, pp. 50–54.

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Dubinov, A.E., Senilov, L.A. Generalized bohm criterion for a multicomponent plasma. Tech. Phys. 57, 1090–1094 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784212080099

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