Pseudospark Discharges Via Computer Simulation

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 286-296

  Boeuf, Jean Pierre ^a   Pitchford, Leanne C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; IONS; MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS--MONTE CARLO METHODS;

POISSON'S EQUATION; PSEUDOSPARIC DISCHARGES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0026142140     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.106826     Document Type: Article

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