A LOCALIZED HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE FORMED IN AN ELECTRON-BEAM-PRODUCED PLASMA

Authors
GUNELL H SCHRITTWIESER R TORVEN S
Citation
H. Gunell et al., A LOCALIZED HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE FORMED IN AN ELECTRON-BEAM-PRODUCED PLASMA, Physics letters. A, 241(4-5), 1998, pp. 281-286
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
241
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
281 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1998)241:4-5<281:ALHDFI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A strongly localised high frequency field is excited in the plasma den sity gradient that is formed in front of the cathode in a beam-plasma discharge. Measurements show that the amplitude is high enough to give the electrons sufficient energy to ionise the background gas during a significant fraction of the oscillation period. (C) 1998 Elsevier Sci ence B.V.