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Contact Diagnostics of High-Velocity Flows of Rarefied Plasma

“…These parameters were found by the CVC of the cylindrical probes and of the spherical probe, operating in the mode of collection of current restricted by orbital motion of ions and electrons. Conventional procedures and relations (11), (12), (18), (20), and (21) were used for analysis and processing of the CVC. The mass velocity of ions of plasma flow U i∞ was determined by the value of ion current of cylindrical probe I i = = measured at a potential close to the "floating" potential or to the plasma potential.…”

“…The mass velocity of ions of plasma flow U i∞ was determined by the value of ion current of cylindrical probe I i = = measured at a potential close to the "floating" potential or to the plasma potential. The accuracy of determining U i∞ was monitored using a plane probe and a microwave interferometer in accordance with the procedure described in [18]. Curve 2 in Fig.…”

Probe diagnostics of laboratory and ionospheric rarefied plasma flows

“…When the discharge current of the plasma source varied from 0. controlled by the flat probe and the microwave inter ferometer in accordance with the procedure of works [39,40]. The obtained values are shown in Fig.…”