Real Time Langmuir Probe Data Reduction by a Minicomputer for a Collisionless Plasma.

Abstract

A real time Langmuir probe data reduction program was developed and applied to a mirror geometry electrodynamic magnetoplasma experiment (ELMAX). The total program requires less than one minute to determine the electron temperature, ion density, and plasma and floating potentials at one position in the plasma. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0776800

Entities

People

  • Dennis F. Growjean
  • John C. Corbin Jr.
  • John S. Martin
  • Justin A. Curtis
  • Merrill L. Andrews

Organizations

  • Wright State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Charged Particles
  • Data Reduction
  • Electrons
  • Geometry
  • Ion Density
  • Ions
  • Langmuir Probes
  • Midrange Computers
  • Probes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics