Neutral pumping in a helicon discharge

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 416-422

  Gilland, J ^a   Breun, R ^a   Hershkowitz, N ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; HELICONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA WAVES;

HELICON DISCHARGES; PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITY; PLASMA ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0032139797     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/7/3/020     Document Type: Article

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