Current collection by a large langmuir probe in a meso-thermal (Ram) plasma

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 102, Issue , 1998, Pages 37-41

  Katz, I ^a   Jongeward, G A ^a   Davis, V A ^a   Morton, T L ^b   Ferguson, D C ^c  

^a MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NYMA Inc   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33750407177     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM102p0037     Document Type: Chapter

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