Contraction of the discharge in a thermionic converter
Journal Article
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· Sov. Phys.-Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.), v. 18, pp. 539-541
OSTI ID:4339722
Translated from Zh. Tekh. Fiz.; 43: 855-860(Apr 1973). A simplified analytic model of an arc is used to show that the discharge in a thermionic converter must contract into a filament at the transition from the arc mode to the diffusion mode, in agreement with experiment. The contraction occurs at a low neutraIization parameter, at which the voltage-current characteristics calculated for a transversely homogeneous plasma display an unstable negative- resistance region. (auth) (IAA)
- Research Organization:
- Physical-Technical Inst., Leningrad
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-026784
- OSTI ID:
- 4339722
- Journal Information:
- Sov. Phys.-Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.), v. 18, pp. 539-541, Journal Name: Sov. Phys.-Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.), v. 18, pp. 539-541; ISSN SPTPA
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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