Production of low-density plasma by coaxially segmented rf discharge for void-free dusty cloud in microgravity experiments

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Suzukawa, Wataru ^a   Ikada, Reijiro ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Iizuka, Satoru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DUST; IGNITION; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

DUSTY CLOUD; PLASMA DISCHARGE; RF DISCHARGE; VOIDS;

PLASMA DENSITY;

EID: 33645527615     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2187500     Document Type: Article

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