Model of a diffuse column vacuum arc with cathode jets burning in parallel with a high-current plasma column

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2 III, 2004, Pages 783-791

  Keidar, Michael ^a,b   Schulman, Michael Bruce ^a   Taylor, Erik D ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE ACTIVITY; ANODE SHEATH; AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; CATHODE SPOT PLASMA JET; PLASMA EXPANSION; PLASMA VOLTAGE;

ANODES; CATHODES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHEATHS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

PLASMAS;

EID: 4344573419     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.828535     Document Type: Article

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