Influence of charging conditions on field Ion emission from dust grains

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2 II, 2007, Pages 292-296

  Jeřáb, Martin ^a   Richterová, Ivana ^a   Pavlů, Jiří ^a   Šafránková, Jana ^a   Němeček, Zdeněk ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dust; Field desorption; Field ion emission (FIE); Ion bombardment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MICROMETERS;

FIELD DESORPTION; FIELD ION EMISSION; GOLD GRAINS;

FIELD EMISSION;

EID: 34247195878     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.892721     Document Type: Article

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