Debye shielding of a moving test charge in plasma

Chong-Lung Wang; Glenn Joyce; D. R. Nicholson

doi:10.1017/S0022377800023084

Abstract

Equipotential contours for a moving test charge in isotropic Maxwellian plasma are determined numerically for a wide range of test charge speeds.

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