Laboratory evidence of supersonic ion beam generated by a current-free "helicon" double-layer

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1706-1714

  Charles, C ^a,b   Boswell, R W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OSCILLATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SOURCES; PROBES; SOLITONS;

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ION FLUX; SUPERSONIC ION BEAMS;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 2542503657     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1652058     Document Type: Article

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