Steady state multipactor and dependence on material properties

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 863-872

  Kishek, R A ^a   Lau, Y Y ^a   Chernin, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0039783033     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872177     Document Type: Article

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