Arc-cold cathode interactions: Parametric dependence on local pressure

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 508-517

  Coulombe, Sylvain ^a,b   Meunier, Jean Luc ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

METALLIC PLASMA PRESSURES; NOTTINGHAM COOLING; THERMOFIELD EMISSION;

PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0031269503     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/6/4/008     Document Type: Article

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