Radial characterization of the electron energy distribution in a helicon source terminated by a double layer

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Takahashi, Kazunori ^a,b,c   Charles, Christine ^a   Boswell, Rod ^a   Hatakeyama, Rikizo ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HELICONS; ION BEAMS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CURRENT-FREE DOUBLE LAYER; DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; HELICON PLASMAS; HELICON SOURCES; HELMHOLTZ COILS; LOW PRESSURE; POTENTIAL DROP; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; RADIO-FREQUENCY POWER; RF ANTENNA; SHEATH POTENTIAL;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 49149130044     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2959137     Document Type: Article

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