Filament size of floating-emissive probe for low density plasmas with large space potential

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4658-4662

  Himura, H ^a   Fukao, M ^a   Wakabayashi, H ^a   Yoshida, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERMITTIVITY; RESISTORS;

LOW DENSITY PLASMAS; NON-NEUTRAL PLASMAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0344084037     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1619549     Document Type: Article

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