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Surface Electrons at Plasma Walls

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Complex Plasmas

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics ((SSAOPP,volume 82))

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In this chapter we introduce a microscopic modelling of the surplus electrons on the plasma wall which complements the classical description of the plasma sheath. First we introduce a model for the electron surface layer to study the quasistationary electron distribution and the potential at an unbiased plasma wall. Then we calculate sticking coefficients and desorption times for electron trapping in the image states. Finally we study how surplus electrons affect light scattering and how charge signatures offer the possibility of a novel charge measurement for dust grains.

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This work was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through SFB-TR 24.

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  1. Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, 17487, Greifswald, Germany

    Rafael Leslie Heinisch, Franz Xaver Bronold & Holger Fehske

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    Michael Bonitz

  2. Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, USA

    Jose Lopez

  3. Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Kurt Becker

  4. Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Hauke Thomsen

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Heinisch, R.L., Bronold, F.X., Fehske, H. (2014). Surface Electrons at Plasma Walls. In: Bonitz, M., Lopez, J., Becker, K., Thomsen, H. (eds) Complex Plasmas. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 82. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05437-7_8

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