Determination of the specific ion erosion of the vacuum arc cathode by measuring the total ion current from the discharge plasma

Technical Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1311-1315

  Anders, A ^a   Oks, E M ^b   Yushkov, G Yu ^b   Savkin, K P ^b   Brown, Y ^a   Nikolaev, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33750033188     PISSN: 10637842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1063784206100082     Document Type: Article

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