Modeling of negative ion production in hydrogen plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1009-1015

  Fukumasa, Osamu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEGATIVE IONS;

HYDROGEN PLASMA; PARTICLE BALANCE EQUATION; STEADY STATE HYDROGEN DISCHARGE PLASMA;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0034197690     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.887769     Document Type: Article

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