Application of the particle-in-cell method for numerical simulation of sheath plasma

Computational Mathematics and Modeling

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 304-326

  Filippychev, D S ^a  

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EID: 54649083320     PISSN: 1046283X     EISSN: 1573837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02409864     Document Type: Article

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