General Cause of Sheath Instability Identified for Low Collisionality Plasmas in Devices with Secondary Electron Emission

Campanell, M. D.; Khrabrov, A. V.; Kaganovich, I. D.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.235001

Title: General Cause of Sheath Instability Identified for Low Collisionality Plasmas in Devices with Secondary Electron Emission

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Authors:: Campanell, M. D.; Khrabrov, A. V.; Kaganovich, I. D.

Publication Date:: Mon Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1103491

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 108; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Campanell, M. D., Khrabrov, A. V., and Kaganovich, I. D. General Cause of Sheath Instability Identified for Low Collisionality Plasmas in Devices with Secondary Electron Emission.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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                    Campanell, M. D., Khrabrov, A. V., & Kaganovich, I. D. General Cause of Sheath Instability Identified for Low Collisionality Plasmas in Devices with Secondary Electron Emission.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.235001

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                    Campanell, M. D., Khrabrov, A. V., and Kaganovich, I. D. Mon .  
"General Cause of Sheath Instability Identified for Low Collisionality Plasmas in Devices with Secondary Electron Emission".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.235001.

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