Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: Electron heating up to temperatures T e >1 keV is revealed in the cathode current-carrying plasma jet of a vacuum discharge at the current rise rate dl/dt>10 13 A s -1 and the pulse length tau <1 ns. It was found that the jet consists of a set of separate filaments expanding into small solid angles, which can explain the measured value of the cathode plasma temperature T exceeding those obtained earlier by more than two orders of magnitude.
Authors: V I Baryshnikov, V L Paperny
Institution: Irkutsk State University
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2014739366