Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Numéro C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
Page(s) C7-337 - C7-338
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19797166
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases

J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-337-C7-338

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19797166

PLASMA FORMATION KINETIC AT KNUDSEN ARC IGNITION

A.A. Bogdanov, V.B. Kaplan, A.M. Martsinovskiy et V.G. Yur'yev.

A.F. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Leningrad, K. 21, U.S.S.R.


Abstract
In present report attempt is made to describe the whole picture of Knudsen arc ignition, that was investigated unsufficiently before /I/. The complex phenomena due to secondary cathode processes, that are iderent in breakdom in colf electrode gas discharges, are absent in present situation. Therefore the discharge growth is connected with plasma creation and corresponding electrical field variation in the interelectrode gap.