Transport of a vacuum-arc produced plasma beam in a magnetized cylindrical duct

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 977-982

  Zhitomirsky, Vladimir N ^a   Zarchin, Oren ^a   Boxman, Raymond L ^a   Goldsmith, Samuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Plasma measurements; Vacuum arcs; Vacuum arc plasma jet

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DUCTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA SOURCES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CYLINDRICAL DUCT; DUCT FLOATING POTENTIALS; MAGNETIC COILS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 0242386580     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.818446     Document Type: Article

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