An alternative analysis of some recent diffusion experiments on the large plasma device

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Simon, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering and of Physics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

BOHM DIFFUSION; LARGE PLASMA DEVICE (LAPD); NEAR-CANCELLATION; RADIAL VOLTAGE;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 40149101693     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2840639     Document Type: Article

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