Plasma Cathode Electron Sources - Physics, Technology, Applications

This book fills the gap for a textbook describing this kind of electron beam source in a systematic and thorough manner: from physical processes of electron emission to examples of real plasma electron sources and their applications.

List of contents

Preface1 Low-Pressure Discharges for Plasma Electron Sources2 Electron Emission from Plasma3 Plasma Sources for Axially Symmetric Electron Beams4 Generation of Large-Cross-Section Beams in Plasma-Cathode Systems5 Some Applications of Plasma-Cathode Electron SourcesConclusion

About the author

Efim Oks is head scientist of the Plasma Sources Department at the High Current Electronics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. His work focuses on the twin areas of plasma cathode electron beam sources and vacuum arc ion beam sources and was awarded prestigiously. Professor Oks has established numerous collaborative scientific research programs with researchers in the United States and Europe. He thus has become a significant international plasma physicist, having authored numerous papers in international journals.

Summary

This book fills the gap for a textbook describing this kind of electron beam source in a systematic and thorough manner: from physical processes of electron emission to examples of real plasma electron sources and their applications.

Report

"It is an up-to-date review and summary of this important subfield of applied plasma physics" ( Metall , February 2008)

Product details

• Authors: E. Oks, Efim Oks
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9783527406340
• ISBN: 978-3-527-40634-0
• No. of pages: 171
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 246 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 448 g
• Illustrations: 109 SW-Abb.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Thermodynamics; Physik, Plasmaphysik, Physics, Materialwissenschaften, Materials science, Thermal Physics & Statistical Mechanics, Wärmelehre u. Statistische Mechanik, Spezialthemen Materialwissenschaften, Materials Science Special Topics