Abstract
Although the physics of the “sheath”, a thin layer of plasma just in front of the material surface, has been studied for more than 100 years, the peculiarities of fusion devices, such as strong magnetic field, a shallow angle at which the magnetic field lines intersect the material surface, and inhomogeneity of the plasma parameters, bring some new and important features in this topic, which are discussed in this chapter.
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Krasheninnikov, S., Smolyakov, A., Kukushkin, A. (2020). Sheath Physics. In: On the Edge of Magnetic Fusion Devices. Springer Series in Plasma Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49594-7_4
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