Observations of neutral depletion and plasma acceleration in a flowing high-power argon helicon plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Denning, C Mark ^a   Wiebold, Matt ^a   Scharer, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; ARGON; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; HELICONS; INERT GASES; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NEON; PLASMAS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RIVERS;

AXIAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; HELICON PLASMAS; HIGH POWERS; INPUT POWERS; MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETRY; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; NEUTRAL DEPLETION; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIES; PLASMA ACCELERATION; RADIATIVE MODELING; RF POWERING;

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EID: 49149106202     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2950301     Document Type: Article

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