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On the possibility of plasma discharge initiation in the vicinity of an electrically insulated metal target bombarded by high-energy neutral particles

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The possibility of plasma discharge initiation in the vicinity of an electrically insulated metal target occurring in plasma under the action of an incident flux of high-energy neutral particles is considered. Conditions for initiating discharge are determined and formulated as requirements on the incident flux parameters and plasma characteristics. The potential of a target, the electron concentration, and the electron current to the target surface in the presence of discharge are determined for an equilibrium state of the system.

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Fedorov, 2009, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 55–59.

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Fedorov, V.A. On the possibility of plasma discharge initiation in the vicinity of an electrically insulated metal target bombarded by high-energy neutral particles. Tech. Phys. Lett. 35, 563–565 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785009060236

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