Oscillations and chaos in plasma-filled diodes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1005-1014

  Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Lindsay, Peter A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE TUBES; OSCILLATIONS;

CHARGE NEUTRALITY; ENTRANCE ELECTRODE; NEGATIVE CHARGE; PLASMA FILLED DIODES; POSITIVE CHARGE;

PLASMA DIODES;

EID: 0030168281     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.533107     Document Type: Article

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