Nanosecond displacement times of arc cathode spots in vacuum

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 836-844

  Juttner, Burkhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COPPER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HEAT CONDUCTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMA STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

MACROSPOTS; MICROSPOTS; NANOSECOND DISPLACEMENT TIME; PLASMA GENERATION; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; SPOT SPLITTING; VACUUM ARCS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0033353235     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.782247     Document Type: Article

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