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An approximate analytic theory is developed and implemented numerically for calculating the space charge limited current and electric field of a thin cylindrical beam or current sheet between two wide parallel electrodes. The flow is…

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The region very close to an electron ($r << r_0 = e^2/mc^2 \approx 2.8\times 10^{-13}$ cm) is, according to quantum electrodynamics, a seething maelstrom of virtual electron-positron pairs flashing in and out of existence. To take account…

General Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. M. Blinder

The paper consider a complex dynamics of electron beam with virtual cathode and local neutralization of the beam charge density near anode. Different types of nonlinear behaviour, including deterministic chaos, were treated. It is shown…

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Linear sweep and cyclic voltammetry techniques are important tools for electrochemists and have a variety of applications in engineering. Voltammetry has classically been treated with the Randles-Sevcik equation, which assumes an…

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We reformulate and extend porous electrode theory for non-ideal active materials, including those capable of phase transformations. Using principles of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, we relate the cell voltage, ionic fluxes, and Faradaic…

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Relativistic dynamics of distributed mass and charge densities of the extended classical particle is discussed for arbitrary gravitational and electromagnetic fields. Vector geodesic relations for material space densities are consequences…

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We derive the classical dynamics of massless charged particles in a rigorous way from first principles. Since due to ultraviolet divergences this dynamics does not follow from an action principle, we rely on a) Maxwell's equations, b)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Kurt Lechner

The maximum current that can be transported across a vacuum diode is limited by forces arising due to space charge. In a planar diode configuration, the space charge limited (SCL) current density from a planar emitting patch is given by the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-12-10 Gaurav Singh , Raghwendra Kumar , Debabrata Biswas

This paper considers the probability density and current distributions generated by a point-like, isotropic source of monoenergetic charges embedded into a uniform magnetic field environment. Electron sources of this kind have been realized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-09-04 Christian Bracher , Arnulfo Gonzalez

The response of a model micro-electrochemical system to a time-dependent applied voltage is analyzed. The article begins with a fresh historical review including electrochemistry, colloidal science, and microfluidics. The model problem…

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The free motion of charged colloids within ionic solutions and in the vicinity of charged boundaries, is a phenomenon that occurs in various natural, biological and industrial settings. Here, we develop an electrohydrodynamic lubrication…

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In order to avoid the electron oscillation of the cathode and enhance the work efficiency of a vacuum diode, an approach for analyzing the solutions and complex bifurcation has been proposed and used to determine the optimal trajectory of…

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The flow of ions through permeable channels causes voltage drop in physiological nanodomains such as synapses, dendrites and dendritic spines, and other protrusions. How the voltage changes around channels in these nanodomains has remained…

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We present a general scheme to approach the space - time evolution of deformations, currents, and the electric field in charge density waves related to appearance of intrinsic topological defects: dislocations, their loops or pairs, and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-03-02 Serguei Brazovskii , Natasha Kirova

We study the axial flow of a nonviscous and incompressible fluid in a circular tube made from an electromechanical material. The tube is driven into radial motion by an electric voltage across its thickness. A theoretical analysis is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-12-11 Yilin Qu , Hendrik J. Viljoen , Jiashi Yang

The elementary processes taking place in the formation of charged particles and their flow in the ionization chamber are considered. On the basic of particles and charges balance a differential equation describing the distribution of…

General Physics · Physics 2007-09-11 Dimitar G. Stoyanov

The problems of high linear conductivity in an electric field, as well as nonlinear conductivity, are considered for plasma-like systems. First, we recall several observations of nonlinear fast charge transport in dusty plasma, molecular…

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