Expansion of a plasma into vacuum with a bi-Maxwellian electron distribution function

Expansion of a plasma into vacuum with a bi-Maxwellian electron distribution function

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A comprehensive theory is developped to describe the expansion of a plasma into a vacuum with a two-temperature electron distribution function.The characteristics Conveyor Toasters of the rarefaction shock which occurs in the plasma when the hot- to the cold-electron temperature ratio is larger than 9.9 scorebook are investigated with a semi-infinite plasma.

Furthermore by using a finite plasma foil, a possible heating of the cold electrons population is evidenced, for a sufficiently large hot- to the cold-electron density ratio.