Effects of non-Maxwellian electron velocity distribution function on two-stream instability in low-pressure discharges

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sydorenko, D ^a,c   Smolyakov, A ^a   Kaganovich, I ^b   Raitses, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMA STABILITY;

ELECTRON VELOCITY; LOW PRESSURE DISCHARGES; PLASMA ELECTRONS; PLASMA MAINTENANCE;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 34047097234     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2435315     Document Type: Article

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