Observation of collisionless inward propagation of electrons into helical vacuum magnetic surfaces via stochastic magnetic fields

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 492-495

  Himura, H ^a   Wakabayashi, H ^a   Fukao, M ^a   Yoshida, Z ^a   Isobe, M ^b   Okamura, S ^b   Suzuki, C ^b   Nishimura, S ^b   Matsuoka, K ^b   Toi, K ^b   Yamada, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CATHODES; DIODES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMAS; TUNGSTEN; VACUUM; WIRE;

HELICAL VACUUM MAGNETIC SURFACES (HMS); STOCHASTIC MAGNETIC REGION (SMR);

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 10744231219     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1635823     Document Type: Article

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