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Saturation currents into a probe in a dense plasma

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 6, pp. 16–24, November–December, 1979.

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Benilov, M.S., Tirskii, G.A. Saturation currents into a probe in a dense plasma. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 20, 667–674 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00908655

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