Ion collection by cylindrical probes in weakly collisional plasmas: Theory and experiment

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1374-1381

  Sternovsky, Z ^a   Robertson, S ^a   Lampe, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARGON; ION EXCHANGE; IONIZATION; NEON; PLASMA DENSITY;

ION COLLECTION;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0042512301     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1587889     Document Type: Article

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