Ionization front in a high-current gas discharge

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Choueiri, Edgar Y ^a   Randolph, Thomas M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH CURRENT GAS DISCHARGES; MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC THRUSTERS; NEUTRAL DENSITY RATIO PROFILES; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; IONIZATION; MAGNETOPLASMA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 34047159462     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2646365     Document Type: Article

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