Particle-in-cell modeling of magnetized argon plasma flow through small mechanical apertures

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Sefkow, Adam B ^a   Cohen, Samuel A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APERTURE DIAMETER; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; ARGON PLASMAS; COLLISIONLESS REGIME; DOUBLE LAYERS; E-FORMS; ELECTROSTATIC DOUBLE LAYER; FLOWTHROUGH; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION FLOW; MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; MECHANICAL APERTURE; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; NEGATIVE CHARGE; PARTICLE-IN-CELL; PARTICLE-IN-CELL CODE; PIC SIMULATION; SEPARATED REGION; SUPERTHERMAL ELECTRONS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ACCELERATION; ACOUSTICS; ARGON; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA WAVES; PLASMAS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

IONS;

EID: 66449114278     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3119902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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