Observation of weakly and strongly diverging ion beams in a magnetically expanding plasma

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Takahashi, K ^a   Fujiwara, T ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION BEAMS; MAGNETS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMAS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BEAM DIVERGENCES; BEAM PROFILES; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS; EXPANDING PLASMAS; ION ACCELERATIONS; MAGNETIC-FIELD STRENGTHS; POTENTIAL STRUCTURES; RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

IONS;

EID: 60349084038     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3080205     Document Type: Article

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