Current and current density of a finite-width, space-charge-limited electron beam in two-dimensional, parallel-plate geometry

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4202-4210

  Watrous, John J ^a,b   Luginsland, John W ^a   Frese, Michael H ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NUMEREX   (United States)

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EID: 0035446888     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1391262     Document Type: Article

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