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Measurement of vacuum space potential by an emissive probe

M. H. Cho, Chi Hou Chan, N. Hershkowitz, T. Intrator

Review of Scientific Instruments · 1984 · 42 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

Using the inflection point method of interpreting emissive probes, it is shown that it is possible to measure the electric space potential established between two parallel metal plates in a vacuum.

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Plasma Potential Measurements by Electron Emissive Probes

R. F. Kemp, J. M. Sellen · Review of Scientific Instruments · 1966 · 288 citations

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Inflection-point method of interpreting emissive probe characteristics

John R. Smith, N. Hershkowitz, Peter Coakley · Review of Scientific Instruments · 1979 · 280 citations

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Electrical Discharges in Gases Part II. Fundamental Phenomena in Electrical Discharges

Irving Langmuir, Karl T. Compton · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1931 · 279 citations

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A direct measurement of plasma space potential

F. C. Jobes, R. L. Hickok · Nuclear Fusion · 1970 · 128 citations

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Self-emissive probes

N. Hershkowitz, B. A. Nelson, James Pew et al. · Review of Scientific Instruments · 1983 · 64 citations

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