Experimental study of dynamics of plasma expansion in a vacuum-arc discharge and anode temperature calculations

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS. PART 1, 2009, Pages 1398-1402

  Prozorov, Evgeniy F ^a   Ulyanov, Dennis K ^b   Ulyanov, Konstantin N ^a   Fedorov, Vasily A ^a  

^a ALL RUSSIAN ELECTROTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anodes; Magnetic field effects; Temperature; Vacuum arcs (VAs)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CAMERAS; ANODE SPOTS; ANODE TEMPERATURE; ARC CHANNELS; ARC DISCHARGE; AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; DISCHARGE GAPS; EVAPORATION LOSS; EXPANSION MODES; EXPERIMENT CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEATING ZONE; HIGH-SPEED; PLASMA CHANNEL EXPANSION; PLASMA EXPANSION; PLASMA EXPANSION VELOCITY; POWER SUPPLY; TIME DEPENDENCE; VACUUM ARCS (VAS);

ANODES; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA SOURCES; VACUUM; VAPORS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 69249232375     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2020862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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