Experiments and theory of an upstream ionization instability excited by an accelerated electron beam through a current-free double layer

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Aanesland, A ^a,b   Lieberman, M A ^a,c   Charles, C ^a   Boswell, R W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT FREE DOUBLE LAYERS; ION SATURATION; LANGMUIR PROBES; UPSTREAM IONIZATION INSTABILITY;

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTROSTATICS; HELICONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLASMA PROBES; STABILITY;

IONIZATION;

EID: 33846080998     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2398929     Document Type: Article

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