Speaker:
Prof. Marshall Slemrod
Institution:
University of Wisconsin
Time:
Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 4:00pm
Location:
MSTB 254
This talk outlines recent work by Feldman, Ha, and Slemrod on the dynamics of the sheath boundary layer which occurs in a plasma consisting of ions and electrons. The equations for the motion are derived from the classical Euler- Poisson equations. Of particular interest is that the boundary layer interface moves via motion by mean curvature where the acceleration of the front (not the velocity) is proportional to the mean curvature of the front.