DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF MACROSCOPIC ELECTRIC-FIELDS PRODUCED BY COLLECTIVE EFFECTS IN ELECTRON-IMPACT EXPERIMENTS

Authors
VELOTTA R AVALDI L CAMILLONI R GIAMMANCO F SPINELLI N STEFANI G
Citation
R. Velotta et al., DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF MACROSCOPIC ELECTRIC-FIELDS PRODUCED BY COLLECTIVE EFFECTS IN ELECTRON-IMPACT EXPERIMENTS, Physical review. A, 54(3), 1996, pp. 2482-2485
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
54
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2482 - 2485
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1996)54:3<2482:DMOMEP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The macroscopic electric field resulting from the space charge produce d in electron-impact experiments has been characterized by using secon dary electrons of well-defined energy (e.g., Auger or autoionizing ele ctrons) as a probe. It is shown that the measurement of the kinetic-en ergy shifts suffered by secondary electrons is a suitable tool for the analysis of the self-generated electric field in a low-density plasma .