Electron density and two-channel neutron emission measurements in steady-state spherical inertial-electrostatically confined plasmas, with review of the one-dimensional kinetic model

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-108

  Dobson, Chris C ^a   Hrbud, Ivana ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION RATES; INERTIAL ELECTROSTATIC CONFINEMENT (IEC); QUASITHERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANISOTROPY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CATHODES; DATA REDUCTION; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRONS; INTERFEROMETRY; IONIZATION; KINETIC ENERGY; NEUTRON EMISSION; OSCILLATIONS; POISSON EQUATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 3142658141     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1755854     Document Type: Article

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