Experimental studies of electrostatic confinement on the intense neutron source-electron device

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3841-3849

  Park, J ^a   Nebel, R A ^a   Rellergert, W G ^a,b   Sekora, M D ^a,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRON DEVICES; IONIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA STABILITY;

ELECTRON CLOUDS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0142250954     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1605740     Document Type: Article

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