Electron transport phenomena in plasma devices with E × B drift

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3 PART 2, 2006, Pages 804-814

  Keidar, Michael ^a   Beilis, Isak I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anomalous electron transport; Hall thruster; Magnetron; Near wall conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ANOMALOUS TRANSPORTS; CROSSED ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON DRIFTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; HALL THRUSTER; MODIFIED MODELS; NEAR-WALL CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENON; PLASMA IMMERSION ION IMPLANTATIONS; PLASMA PROPULSIONS; QUASI-NEUTRAL PLASMAS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDIES;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; IMPACT IONIZATION; ION BOMBARDMENT; ION IMPLANTATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETRONS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMAS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 45449092657     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.874852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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