Apparatus for measuring electron-impact excitation cross sections using fast metastable atoms produced via charge exchange

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2738-2751

  Boffard, John B ^a   Lagus, Mark E ^a   Anderson, L W ^a   Lin, Chun C ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

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EID: 0001358731     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1147102     Document Type: Article

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