Comments on "on asymptotic matching and the sheath edge"

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2265-2276

  Riemann, Karl Ulrich ^a   Sternberg, Natalia ^b   Godyak, Valery ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OSRAM SYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; IONS; PLASMAS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ASYMPTOTIC MATCHING; QUASI-NEUTRAL PLASMA; SHEATH EDGE;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 11244255111     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.838686     Document Type: Article

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