Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic PIC Model of a Compact ECR Plasma Source

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 602-608

  Gopinath, Venkatesh P ^a   Grotjohn, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PARTICLE IN CELL MODEL; PLASMA DYNAMICS;

PLASMA SOURCES;

EID: 0029354372     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.467980     Document Type: Article

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