Foundations of DC plasma sources

J. T. Gudmundsson 2, ∗ and A. Hecimovic 4 Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhaga 3, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland Department of Space and Plasma Physics, School of Electrical Engineering, KTH–Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden Institute for Experimental Physics II, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany Max-Planck-Institut for Plasma Physics, Boltzmannstraße 2, 85748 Garching, Germany

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