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On the drag on an object immersed in a flowing plasma: the control surface approach
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2007
Abstract
A theory of the drag force acting on an object immersed in a flowing plasma is presented. A control surface method is developed following the approach used in fluid mechanics rather than the linear dielectric response approach found in the literature. The situation examined is one in which the directed velocity of the ions dominates their thermal velocities; a cold ion model is employed.
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