Runaway of electrons in dense gases and mechanism of generation of high-power subnanosecond beams

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 579-635

  Tkachev, Alexey N ^a   Yakovlenko, Sergei I ^a  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Beam generation; Paschen's curves; Runaway electrons

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644458803     PISSN: 16443608     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/BF02475565     Document Type: Review

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