Global nonambipolar flow: Plasma confinement where all electrons are lost to one boundary and all positive ions to another boundary

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Baalrud, S D ^a   Hershkowitz, N ^a   Longmier, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON COLLECTION; GLOBAL NONAMBIPOLAR FLOW; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRONS; PLASMA BOUNDARY; PLASMA ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; POSITIVE IONS;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 34247552944     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2722262     Document Type: Article

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