Virtual cathode formation due to electromagnetic transients

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 901-904

  Luginsland, John W ^a,b   McGee, Sarah ^b   Lau, Y Y ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductive voltage; PIC; Space charge limiting current; Virtual cathode

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY GAP; LIMITERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSIENTS;

PARTICLE IN CELL (PIC) CODES;

CATHODES;

EID: 0032098913     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700866     Document Type: Article

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