Typical Values
In space plasmas where the electron density is relatively low, the Debye length may reach macroscopic values, such as in the magnetosphere, solar wind, interstellar medium and intergalactic medium (see table):
| Plasma | Density ne(m-3) |
Electron temperature T(K) |
Magnetic field B(T) |
Debye length λD(m) |
| Solar core | 1032 | 107 | -- | 10−11 |
| Tokamak | 1020 | 108 | 10 | 10−4 |
| Gas discharge | 1016 | 104 | -- | 10−4 |
| Ionosphere | 1012 | 103 | 10−5 | 10−3 |
| Magnetosphere | 107 | 107 | 10−8 | 102 |
| Solar wind | 106 | 105 | 10−9 | 10 |
| Interstellar medium | 105 | 104 | 10−10 | 10 |
| Intergalactic medium | 1 | 106 | -- | 105 |
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Hannes Alfvén pointed out that: "In a low density plasma, localized space charge regions may build up large potential drops over distances of the order of some tens of the Debye lengths. Such regions have been called electric double layers. An electric double layer is the simplest space charge distribution that gives a potential drop in the layer and a vanishing electric field on each side of the layer. In the laboratory, double layers have been studied for half a century, but their importance in cosmic plasmas has not been generally recognized."
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