@inproceedings{cffb5785a7ab45bf94bd902751c03bba,
title = "Anomalous inflow into rarefied plasma expansion",
abstract = "In this paper the physics of deep plasma expansion in the rarefied regime is studied in the framework of fast deposition, surface modification and molecule conversion. A large plasma flow, produced in a cascade arc plasma source, expands into a low pressure background. The density, temperature and velocity evolution are studied with laser scattering and fluorescence techniques. The velocity distribution functions are measured, and can accurately be described by a bimodal distribution. This bimodal velocity distribution function is interpreted in terms of an unchanged expanding component that is gradually converted into a slower component by collisions with molecules or atoms from outside the barrelshock. These particles can enter the expansion due to the rarefied conditions.",
author = "P.J.W. Vankan and D.C. Schram and R.A.H. Engeln",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1063/1.1941563",
language = "English",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "361--366",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 10-16 July 2004, Bari, Italy",
}