Conductivity of a photoplasma of sodium vapor-inert gas mixtures

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 182-192

  Gorbunov, Nikolai A ^a   Melnikov, Alexei S ^a   Movtchan, Igor A ^a   Smurov, Igor ^b   Flamant, Gilles ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INERT GASES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

ABSOLUTE NEGATIVE CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PHOTOPLASMA; PLASMA PROPERTIES; SODIUM VAPOR INERT GAS MIXTURES;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0032626777     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.763112     Document Type: Article

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