Steady-state high-density magnetized arc column
- 1 November 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 43 (11), 4542-4548
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1660960
Abstract
A steady‐state fully ionized plasma column of density 1016 cm−3 and temperature 1.6 eV has been achieved in a simple magnetically confined argon arc of 9‐ to 15‐cm length and 1.2‐ cm‐diameter current channel. The plasma potential fluctuation level, eV/kT, is 0.1%, or less when the initial gas pressure is above 4 Torr, or when the arc current and magnetic field are below critical values.Keywords
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