Probe measurement of residual plasma of a magnetically confined high-current vacuum arc

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 929-933

  Arai, Kazuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Shinji ^a   Morimiya, Osami ^a   Niwa, Yoshimitsu ^a  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrostatic probe; Probe measurement; Residual plasma; Vacuum arc

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA PROBES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTROSTATIC PROBE METHOD; HIGH CURRENT VACUUM ARC; PROBE MEASUREMENT; RESIDUAL PLASMA;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0242292097     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.818424     Document Type: Article

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