G. A. Mesyats, S. A. Barengol'ts, “Interaction of plasma jets and droplets in the cathode region of a vacuum arc”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2002, Volume 75, Issue 6,Pages <nobr>306

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PLASMA, GASES

Interaction of plasma jets and droplets in the cathode region of a vacuum arc

G. A. Mesyats^a, S. A. Barengol'ts^b

^a Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg
^b Natural Sciences Center at General Physics Institute of RAS, Moscow

Abstract: The interaction of liquid-metal droplets with plasma jets in the cathode region of a vacuum arc is considered in the context of an ecton model. It is shown that heating of a droplet in the cathode spot region can initiate the droplet transition to the plasma state.

PACS: 52.40.Hf, 52.80.-s

Received: 28.01.2002