Cage discharge: theory and experiment

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1079-1094

  Arslanbekov, Robert R ^a   Kudryavtsev, Anatoly A ^a   Movtchan, Igor A ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRONS; GLOW DISCHARGES; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SOURCES; PLASMA THEORY;

BALANCE EQUATIONS; CAGE DISCHARGE; CATHODE DISCHARGE; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0030171534     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.533116     Document Type: Article

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