Electron energy distribution function extraction using integrated step function response and regularization methods

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-162

  El Saghir, Ahmed ^a   Kennedy, Chris ^a   Shannon, Steven ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Druyvesteyn; Electron energy distribution function (EEDF); Tikhonov regularization

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON CURRENTS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; INTEGRAL PROBLEMS; INTEGRATED DATA; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; POINT EXTRACTION; POINT-BY-POINT METHOD; REGULARIZATION METHODS; REGULARIZED LEAST SQUARES; STEP FUNCTIONS; TIKHONOV REGULARIZATION; TOTAL ELECTRON CURRENTS;

DISSOCIATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 76949106223     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2036013     Document Type: Article

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