Technical and industrial overview of RF and microwave tubes for fusion

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 46, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 371-381

  Faillon, G ^a  

^a Thomson Tubes Electroniques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; MICROWAVE TUBES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLASMA HEATING;

ION CYCLOTRON WAVES; VACUUM ELECTOR TUBES;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0033225844     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(99)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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