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Energy spectrum of fast atoms in a dark cathode space

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A method is proposed for solving the kinetic equation for fast atoms moving in a proper gas. We find the Green's function which permits computation of the energy spectrum of fast atoms for an arbitrary source function in the volume of a proper gas or an amorphous body having plane boundaries. The energy spectrum of fast atoms is computed in a dark cathode space. The solution obtained is used to compute the contribution of fast atoms to atomization of the cathode surface.

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  1. A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University, USSR

    V. V. Kuchinskii & E. G. Sheikin

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  1. V. V. Kuchinskii
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 62–67, August, 1987.

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Kuchinskii, V.V., Sheikin, E.G. Energy spectrum of fast atoms in a dark cathode space. Soviet Physics Journal 30, 697–701 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00895947

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