<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Legendre polynomial in space charge potentials for velocity analysers with spherical geometry]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Valdeblánquez]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Departamento de Física  ]]></institution>
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<volume>52</volume>
<fpage>221</fpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2006000900064&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2006000900064&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2006000900064&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The analysis of space-charge effect in spherical geometries has been performed using kinetic theory. The current collected by central electrodes immersed in plasmas with a discriminant grid has been determined through the Poisson equation and truncated Maxwellian Distribution functions for the ions. We have assumed that the electrons are repelled by an entrance grid hold at a negative potential. This analysis leads to a strongly non linear dimensionless equation, where the lapalacian operator depends only of r and &#952;. The case of plane geometry was already published [8];, and a preliminary work in cylindrical geometry has been reported [4]. This equation has been solved approximately by expanding the above functions around the potential &#934;p, and the solution is given by the spherical Bessel functions and the Legendre polynomials.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[El análisis del efecto de carga espacial en geometría esférica ha sido elaborado con teoría cinética. La corriente colectada por electrodos inmerso en un plasma con rejilla discriminante ha sido determinada usando la ecuación de Poisson y funciones de distribución Maxwelliana truncada para los iones. Hemos asumido que los electrones son repelidos por la rejilla de entrada mantenida a potencial negativo. El análisis nos lleva a una ecuación adimensional fuertemente no lineal, donde el operador Laplaciano depende de r y &#952;. El caso de geometría plana fue publicado[8], y trabajos preliminares en geometría cilindrica han sido reportados[4]. Esta ecuación ha sido resuelta en una forma aproximada por expansión de la función alrededor del potencial &#934;p, la solución esta dada en término de las funciones de Bessel y los polinomios de Legendre.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Plasmas</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>Legendre polynomial in space charge potentials for velocity analysers with spherical geometry</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>E. Valdebl&aacute;nquez</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>Universidad del Zulia, Facultad de Ingenier&iacute;a</i><sup>a,b</sup> </font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>&ordf; Departamento de F&iacute;sica, </i><i>Apartado 4011&#150;A 526.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i><sup>b</sup> Centro de Investigaci&oacute;n de Matem&aacute;ticas Aplicadas, CIMA, Apartado 10486, Maracaibo, Edo. Zulia, Venezuela, e&#150;mail: <a href="mailto:eder@luz.ve">eder@luz.ve</a>.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 24 de noviembre de 2001    <br> Aceptado el 20 de abril de 2005</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">The analysis of space&#150;charge effect in spherical geometries has been performed using kinetic theory. The current collected by central electrodes immersed in plasmas with a discriminant grid has been determined through the Poisson equation and truncated Maxwellian Distribution functions for the ions. We have assumed that the electrons are repelled by an entrance grid hold at a negative potential. This analysis leads to a strongly non linear dimensionless equation, where the lapalacian operator depends only of r and <i>&theta;. </i>The case of plane geometry was already published &#91;8&#93;, and a preliminary work in cylindrical geometry has been reported &#91;4&#93;. This equation has been solved approximately by expanding the above functions around the potential <i>&Phi;<sub>p</sub>, </i>and the solution is given by the spherical Bessel functions and the Legendre polynomials.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords: </b>Space charge effects.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">El an&aacute;lisis del efecto de carga espacial en geometr&iacute;a esf&eacute;rica ha sido elaborado con teor&iacute;a cin&eacute;tica. La corriente colectada por electrodos inmerso en un plasma con rejilla discriminante ha sido determinada usando la ecuaci&oacute;n de Poisson y funciones de distribuci&oacute;n Maxwelliana truncada para los iones. Hemos asumido que los electrones son repelidos por la rejilla de entrada mantenida a potencial negativo. El an&aacute;lisis nos lleva a una ecuaci&oacute;n adimensional fuertemente no lineal, donde el operador Laplaciano depende de r y <i><i>&theta;</i>. </i>El caso de geometr&iacute;a plana fue publicado&#91;8&#93;, y trabajos preliminares en geometr&iacute;a cilindrica han sido reportados&#91;4&#93;. Esta ecuaci&oacute;n ha sido resuelta en una forma aproximada por expansi&oacute;n de la funci&oacute;n alrededor del potencial <i>&Phi;<sub>p</sub></i>, </i>la soluci&oacute;n esta dada en t&eacute;rmino de las funciones de Bessel y los polinomios de Legendre.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores:</b> Efectos de carga espacial.</font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">PACS:  07.07.Df</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="/pdf/rmf/v52s3/v52s3a64.pdf">DESCARGAR ART&Iacute;CULO EN FORMATO PDF</a></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Acknowledgments</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">I would like to thank Zulia University for its support in this research.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>References</b></font></p>     <!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">1. I. Langmuir, <i>Phys. 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