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Results are presented from numerical investigations of the potential of a test charge in a plasma-wall sheath. It is shown that like charges that are at the same distance from a floating electrode can attract one another.
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Translated from Fizika Plazmy, Vol. 30, No. 10, 2004, pp. 930–936.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Ignatov.
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Ignatov, A.M. Static response function of a plasma-wall sheath. Plasma Phys. Rep. 30, 865–871 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1809402
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