Single-shot Thomson scattering on argon plasmas created by the Microwave Plasma Torch; evidence for a new plasma class

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1135-1146

  van der Mullen, J J A M ^a,b   van de Sande, M J ^a   de Vries, N ^a   Broks, B ^a   Iordanova, E ^a,c   Gamero, A ^b   Torres, J ^b   Sola, A ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Filamentary structure; Global Plasma Models; Microwave Plasma Torch; Single shot Thomson scattering

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CHARGED PARTICLES; DIFFUSION; NITROGEN; PLASMA TORCHES;

FILAMENTARY STRUCTURE; GLOBAL PLASMA MODELS; MICROWAVE PLASMA TORCH; SINGLE-SHOT THOMSON SCATTERING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 34548850593     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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