The computer simulation of the vacuum arc emission center

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 533-537

  Shmelev, Dmitriy Leonidovich ^a   Litvinov, Evgeniy Aleksandrovich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTROPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cathode spot; Ecton numerical simulation; Vacuum arc

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CATHODE SPOT; ECTON; VACUUM ARC EMISSION CENTER; VACUUM ARCS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0031206911     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.640661     Document Type: Article

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