Plasma modelling and numerical simulation

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Van Dijk, J ^a   Kroesen, G M W ^a   Bogaerts, A ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; DYNAMICAL THEORY; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PLASMA MODEL; PLASMA-BASED TECHNOLOGY; STATE OF THE ART;

PLASMAS; SIMULATORS;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 70350680332     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/19/190301     Document Type: Review

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