The radio-frequency driven plasma sheath: Asymptotics and analysis

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1737-1763

  Slemrod, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma; Sheath

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; IONIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA DENSITY; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

REGULARIZATION METHODS;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 0345327612     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139902411831     Document Type: Article

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