Plasma density decay of vacuum discharges after current zero

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 923-929

  Düning, Gerd ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; IONIZATION; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SHEATHS; THERMAL STRESS; TRANSIENTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

FREE RECOVERY; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES; ONE DIMENSIONAL POST ARC MODEL; PLASMA DENSITY DECAY; POSITIVE SPACE CHARGE SHEATH GROWTH; POST ARC CURRENT; RESIDUAL NEUTRAL PLASMA; TRANSIENT RECOVERY VOLTAGE; VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKER; VACUUM DISCHARGES;

CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS;

EID: 0033320804     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.782261     Document Type: Article

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