Plasma source test and simulation results for the underdense plasma lens experiment at the UCLA Neptune Laboratory

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 271-277

  Suk, H ^a   Clayton, C E ^a   Joshi, C ^a   Katsouleas, T C ^a   Muggli, P ^a   Narang, R ^a   Pellegrini, C ^b   Rosenzweig, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTRON BEAMS; LENSES; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DEVICES;

DISCHARGE PLASMA; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; PHOTOINJECTOR; UNDERDENSE PLASMA LENS;

PLASMA SOURCES;

EID: 0033740984     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.842921     Document Type: Article

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