On the effect of an axial magnetic field on the high-current vacuum arc

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 347-350

  Keidar, M ^a   Schulman, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC ARCS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ARC CURRENT COMPRESSION; AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; CATHODE SPOT JETS; CONTACT GAP; PLASMA EXPANSION; VACUUM ARC PLASMA JET;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0033748930     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.842930     Document Type: Article

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