High-current vacuum arc appearance in nonhomogeneous axial magnetic field

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 884-889

  Chaly, Alexey M ^a   Logatchev, Alexander A ^b   Zabello, Konstantin K ^b   Shkol'nik, Sergey M ^b  

^a Tavrida Electric Ltd   (Russian Federation)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Axial magnetic field (AMF) stabilization; Cathode spots (CSs); High current vacuum arcs (HCVAs); Vacuum circuit breakers (VCBs)

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC BARRIER; STEENBECK MINIMUM PRINCIPLE; VACUUM ARC; VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0242323710     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.818414     Document Type: Article

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