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The multi-fluid modelling of high-frequency waves in partially ionized plasmas has shown that the behavior of magnetohydrodynamics waves in the linear regime is heavily influenced by the collisional interaction between the different species…
In a dense plasma environment, the energy levels of an ion shift relative to the isolated ion values. This shift is reflected in the optical spectrum of the plasma and can be measured in, for example, emission experiments. In this work, we…
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The magnetic presheath is a boundary layer occurring when magnetized plasma is in contact with a wall and the angle $\alpha$ between the wall and the magnetic field $\vec{B}$ is oblique. Here, we consider the fusion-relevant case of a…