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Transition from kinetic to gasdynamic plasma retention in a plugotron

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 6, pp. 3–9, November–December, 1984.

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Mirnov, V.V., Pekker, M.S. Transition from kinetic to gasdynamic plasma retention in a plugotron. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 25, 815–820 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00911651

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