Particle-in-cell simulation of grid sheath oscillations in a double-plasma device

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1144-1149

  Rohde, Axel ^a   Klostermann, Heidrun ^a   Piel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nonlinear systems; Plasma oscillations; Plasma sheaths

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMA WAVES;

CHILD LANGMUIR SHEATH; PARTICLE IN CELL SIMULATION; VIRTUAL ANODE OSCILLATIONS (VAO);

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0031248413     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.649637     Document Type: Article

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