EFFECT OF ANOMALOUS RESISTANCE IN A PLASMA OPENING SWITCH

Attention is drawn to the effect of the anomalous resistance of the pl asma of the high-current plasma opening switch (POS). On the basis of a simple analysis, a conclusion is made about the significance of the anomalous resistance in the conducting phase of the POS until the fast switching of the current to the load. It is pointed out that it is ne cessary to take the anomalous resistance into consideration along with the known electron-magnetohydrodynamic and erosion mechanisms of the plasma resistance when the POS operation is analyzed. The presence of the plasma turbulence in the conducting phase of the POS is confirmed by the spectroscopic measurements of the Stark broadening of atomic-hy drogen Lines.