Mechanism for small electron current fraction in a vacuum arc cathode spot on a refractory cathode

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1269-1271

  Beilis, I I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IONIZATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SHEATHS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

QUASI NEUTRAL PLASMA; REFRACTORY CATHODES;

CATHODES;

EID: 1642301453     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1647272     Document Type: Article

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