The two-dimensional plasma potential measurements are given of a space-charge dominated double sheath near a hot cathode. Laboratory data show that a virtual cathode is a self-consistent solution only for a transient cathode-plasma system. Slow charge exchange ions get trapped in the potential dip that forms the virtual cathode and eventually destroy it.
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