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Estimation of the Electron Concentration, Diffusion Constant, and Mobility from Probe Current-Voltage Characteristics

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The possibility of the simplest method of processing of the current-voltage characteristic of a Langmuir probe immersed in a non-Maxwellian plasma for finding the electron concentration, diffusion constant, and mobility is examined.

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Mal'kov, M.A. Estimation of the Electron Concentration, Diffusion Constant, and Mobility from Probe Current-Voltage Characteristics. Russian Physics Journal 47, 539–546 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUPJ.0000046328.20836.ec

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