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.
Citation:
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., 75:6 (2002), 306–308; JETP Letters, 75:6 (2002), 257–258