A summary of the beatwave experiments at ecole polytechnique

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 296-300

  Amiranoff, F ^a   Marques, J R ^a   Moulin, F ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZATION; LASER BEAMS; PLASMA WAVES; RESONANCE;

COLLINEAR THOMSON SCATTERING; PLASMA FORMATION; PLASMA WAVE GENERATION;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0030124789     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.509993     Document Type: Article

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