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Numerical and experimental dependence of equilibrium potentials of the leeward surfaces on the ratio of concentrations of high-energy electrons and positive ions in a supersonic rarefied plasma flow around a solid are obtained.
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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 13–23, January–February, 2008.
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Shuvalov, V.A., Priimak, A.I., Bandel, K.A. et al. Charge transfer by high-energy electrons onto the leeward surfaces of a solid in a supersonic rarefied plasma flow. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 49, 9–17 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10808-008-0002-x
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