Temporal evolution of bimodal argon-ion velocity distribution in an expanding helicon plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1376-1377

  Biloiu, Ioana A ^a   Scime, Earl E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon; Atmospheric measurements; Electric double layer; Fluorescence; Helicon plasma; Ion beam; Ion velocity distribution function; Particle measurements; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; Time resolved laser induced fluorescence; Velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INERT GASES; IONS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; FLUORESCENCE; HELICON PLASMA; HELICON PLASMAS; HELICON SOURCES; ION BEAM; ION POPULATIONS; ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE LIF); PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA SCIENCE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; TIME-RESOLVED LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HELICONS;

EID: 50249170023     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.922454     Document Type: Article

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