An analysis of the basic space-charge-limited emission algorithm in a finite-element electrostatic gun code

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 1223-1235

  Nelson, Eric M ^a   Petillo, John J ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CATHODES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON EQUATION;

ELECTRON GUN CODES; FINITE ELEMENT ELECTROSTATIC GUN CODE; SPACE CHARGE LIMITED EMISSION;

ELECTRON GUNS;

EID: 4344604471     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.828796     Document Type: Article

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