CHARGE-STATE DISTRIBUTION OF IONS IN A VACUUM ARE DISCHARGE PLASMA INA HIGH MAGNETIC-FIELD

Authors
NIKOLAEV AG OKS EM YUSHKOV GY
Citation
Ag. Nikolaev et al., CHARGE-STATE DISTRIBUTION OF IONS IN A VACUUM ARE DISCHARGE PLASMA INA HIGH MAGNETIC-FIELD, Technical physics, 43(5), 1998, pp. 514-517
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Technical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637842
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
514 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7842(1998)43:5<514:CDOIIA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
It is shown that the fraction of multiply charged metal ions generated in a vacuum are discharge plasma grows substantially in a high magnet ic field. This effect was observed for more than 30 different cathode materials. A relation is established between growth of the mean charge of the ions and increases in the burning voltage of the are. It is de monstrated that the burning voltage of the vacuum are can be ultimatel y increased to 160 V. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S1063-7 842(98)00705-3].