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A comparison is made between the densities of ion current on spherical and cylindrical probes calculated by Bohm's approximate formula and on the basis of a rigorous numerical solution of Vlasov's system of equations.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 639–642, October, 1984.
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Kotel'nikov, V.A. Limits of applicability of the Bohm formula. Journal of Engineering Physics 47, 1215–1217 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00869920
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00869920