Measurement of the energy distribution of trapped and free electrons in a current-free double layer

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Takahashi, K ^a,b,c   Charles, C ^a   Boswell, R W ^a   Kaneko, T ^b   Hatakeyama, R ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; POTENTIAL DROP;

ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ELECTRON TRAPS;

EID: 36649035970     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2803763     Document Type: Article

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