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Figures 1 a) Three contour lines for the electron density ne and temperature Te overlaid on a colour map of the target current distribution Jp and b) three contour lines for ne and the plasma potential Vp overlaid over the same colour map. Image taken from F Lockwood Estrin et al 2017 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 295201 © IOP Publishing, All Rights Reserved.

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