A Hydrodynamic Model of Vacuum Arc Plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 34-41

  Hantzsche, Erhard ^a  

^a Saxonian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC ARCS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; VACUUM ARCS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0026819930     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.120192     Document Type: Article

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