Effect of secondary electron emission on electron cross-field current in e × B discharges

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4 PART 1, 2011, Pages 995-1006

  Raitses, Yevgeny ^a   Kaganovich, Igor D ^a   Khrabrov, Alexander ^a   Sydorenko, Dmytro ^b   Fisch, Nathaniel J ^a   Smolyakov, Andrei ^c  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross field transport; electron kinetics; gas discharges; magnetized plasmas; plasma thrusters; plasma wall interaction

Indexed keywords

CROSS-FIELD TRANSPORT; ELECTRON KINETICS; GAS DISCHARGES; MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; PLASMA THRUSTERS; PLASMA WALL INTERACTION;

CHANNEL FLOW; COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GLOW DISCHARGES; HALL THRUSTERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SECONDARY EMISSION;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 79956133400     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2109403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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