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Title: Thermal-field and photoemission from meso- and micro-scale features: Effects of screening and roughness on characterization and simulation

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ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [5]
  1. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
  2. Deparment of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
  3. Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, USA
  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
  5. Leidos, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, USA
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1527207
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20150394DR
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Journal of Applied Physics
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Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Volume: 125 Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
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American Institute of Physics
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United States
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English

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Jensen, Kevin L., McDonald, Michael, Chubenko, Oksana, Harris, John R., Shiffler, Donald A., Moody, Nathan A., Petillo, John J., and Jensen, Aaron J. Thermal-field and photoemission from meso- and micro-scale features: Effects of screening and roughness on characterization and simulation. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5097149.
Jensen, Kevin L., McDonald, Michael, Chubenko, Oksana, Harris, John R., Shiffler, Donald A., Moody, Nathan A., Petillo, John J., & Jensen, Aaron J. Thermal-field and photoemission from meso- and micro-scale features: Effects of screening and roughness on characterization and simulation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5097149
Jensen, Kevin L., McDonald, Michael, Chubenko, Oksana, Harris, John R., Shiffler, Donald A., Moody, Nathan A., Petillo, John J., and Jensen, Aaron J. Fri . "Thermal-field and photoemission from meso- and micro-scale features: Effects of screening and roughness on characterization and simulation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5097149.
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