A self-consistent model for the cathode fall region of an electric arc

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-128

  Rethfeld, B ^a,b   Wendelstorf, J ^a   Klein, T ^a   Simon, G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CATHODE POTENTIAL DROP; COLLISIONLESS SPACE CHARGE ZONE; ELECTRIC ARC CATHODE; ELECTRON DECOUPLING; IONIZATION ZONE; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMA REGION; THERMIONIC ELECTRON EMISSION; VOLTAGE DROP;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0029734367     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/29/1/021     Document Type: Article

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