One-dimensional simulation of an ion beam generated by a current-free double-layer

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 334-335

  Meige, Albert ^a   Boswell, Rod W ^a   Charles, Christine ^a,b   Boeuf, Jean Pierre ^c   Hagelaar, Gerjan ^c   Turner, Miles M ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie   (France)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Current free double layer; Expanding plasma; Hybrid simulation; Ion acceleration; Supersonic ion beam

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ION BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PARTICLE BEAMS;

CURRENT FREE DOUBLE LAYER; EXPANDING PLASMA; HYBRID PLASMA; ION ACCELERATION; SUPERSONIC ION BEAM;

PLASMA SIMULATION;

EID: 18844424700     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.844956     Document Type: Article

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