Spatial distribution of the vacuum arc plasma fluxes in a curvilinear magnetic duct

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1636-1640

  Timoshenko, Aleksandr I ^a   Taran, Valeriy S ^a   Tereshin, Vladimir I ^a   Chechel'nitskiy, Oleg G ^a  

^a KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Curvilinear magnetic field; Macroparticle filter; Plasma flux; Vacuum arc deposition

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLASMA FLOW; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CURVILINEAR MAGNETIC FIELD; MACROPARTICLE FILTER; PLASMA FLUX; VACUUM ARC DEPOSITION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 27644506253     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.856506     Document Type: Article

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