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Cathode electric-field-intensity-distribution function

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The behavior of the distribution function for the electric field intensity at the cathode is considered including only nearest-neighbor effects and is compared with the behavior of the distribution function obtained when including the effects of many ions. Motion of ions in the near-cathode region and their nonuniform density there are taken into account in the calculations of the distribution function. It is shown that for a broad range of parameters the resultant distribution function differs little from the distribution function found when constant density is assumed.

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  1. I. N. Ostretsov
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  2. V. A. Petrosov
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  3. A. A. Porotnikov
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 3, pp. 29–34, May–June, 1973.

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Ostretsov, I.N., Petrosov, V.A., Porotnikov, A.A. et al. Cathode electric-field-intensity-distribution function. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 14, 318–322 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850942

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