EFFECT OF RESIDUAL-GAS ON THE ION CHARGE-DISTRIBUTION IN VACUUM-ARC DISCHARGE PLASMAS

Authors
NIKOLAEV AG OKS EM YUSHKOV GY
Citation
Ag. Nikolaev et al., EFFECT OF RESIDUAL-GAS ON THE ION CHARGE-DISTRIBUTION IN VACUUM-ARC DISCHARGE PLASMAS, Technical physics, 43(9), 1998, pp. 1031-1034
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Technical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637842
Volume
43
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1031 - 1034
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7842(1998)43:9<1031:EOROTI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A magnetic mass analyzer and time-of-flight mass spectrometer are used to study the effect of the pressure and type of residual gas on the i on charge distribution in the plasma of an are discharge with a cathod e spot. The possibility of ionizing a substantial fraction of the gas atoms in this type of discharge is pointed out. (C) 1998 American Inst itute of Physics. [S1063-7842(98)00509-1].