Theoretical determination of current-voltage curves for liquid metal ion sources
- 14 November 1984
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 17 (11) , 2323-2330
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/17/11/019
Abstract
A theoretical model is developed for calculating the current-voltage curves of capillary-type liquid metal ion sources. The solution derived is analytic, given in terms of known parameters. The agreement with experiment is found to be encouraging.Keywords
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