Experimental study of potential structure in a spherical IEC fusion device

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 331-346

  Gu, Yibin ^a   Miley, George H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS; IONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DENSITY; PROTONS;

CAPILLARY PROTON COLLIMATORS; DOUBLE POTENTIAL WELL; PERVEANCE; SPHERICAL INERTIAL ELECTROSTATIC CONFINEMENT CONCEPT; STAR MODE; VLASOV-POISSON EQUATION;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 0033739328     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.842929     Document Type: Article

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