Modeling and Simulation of Magnetically Confined Low-Pressure Plasmas in Two Dimensions

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 204-213

  Porteous, Robert K ^a   Graves, David B ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CYLINDRICAL DISCHARGES; DEBYE LENGTH;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0026141135     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.106815     Document Type: Article

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