Debye Sheath in Plasma

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What term describes the apparent charge neutrality of a plasma overall?

  • Quasi-neutrality (correct)
  • Double layer
  • Positive layer
  • Negative layer

What term is used to describe the transition between two plasma regions with different characteristics?

  • Quasi-neutrality
  • Positive layer
  • Double layer (correct)
  • Negative layer

Why are plasmas considered excellent conductors of electricity?

  • Due to low mobility of electrons
  • Due to high density
  • Due to absence of electric fields
  • Due to neutralization of any charges that develop (correct)

What does the term 'quasineutrality' refer to?

<p>Apparent charge neutrality of a plasma overall (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characteristic makes plasmas excellent conductors of electricity?

<p>Readily neutralized charges (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the hydrodynamic model concept, what assumption is made about the fluctuations around the average values in a plasma?

<p>They are negligible, leading to well centered average values (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason plasmas are considered excellent conductors of electricity?

<p>The abundance of free electrons and ions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe the state in which nearly all visible matter in the universe exists?

<p>Plasma state (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the condition that is generally released in laboratory plasmas, as mentioned in the text?

<p>The negligible fluctuations around average values (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What phenomenon or objects can plasmas exist in, as mentioned in the text?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the single particle model, what law describes the motion of each particle?

<p>Lorentz Force Law (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the special case of drift often called in the context of the single particle model?

<p>E X B (E-cross-B) Drift (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the frame moving with the drift velocity, what field vanishes according to the context of special relativity?

<p>Electric Field (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the curvature of a particle's orbit when it moves into a larger magnetic field?

<p>It becomes tighter (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the velocity needed for a charged particle to follow a curved field line?

<p>Curvature Velocity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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