Unipolar arc behavior in high-frequency fields

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 137-141

  Levchenko, Igor ^a   Voloshko, A ^a   Keidar, Michael ^b   Beilis, Isak I ^c  

^a NATIONAL AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cathode spot initiation; High frequency field; Plasma sheath; Unipolar arc; Vacuum arc

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRODES; MASS TRANSFER; PLASMA SHEATHS; VACUUM;

CATHODE SPOT INITIATION;

PLASMA PROBES;

EID: 0037308934     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.808862     Document Type: Article

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