Non-Self-Sustained Hollow-Cathode Glow Discharge at Low Burning Voltages
- Authors: Denisov V.V.1, Akhmadeev Y.K.1, Koval N.N.1, Lopatin I.V.1, Ostroverkhov E.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 62, No 4 (2019)
- Pages: 563-568
- Section: Plasma Physics
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/1064-8887/article/view/241711
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-019-01747-3
- ID: 241711
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Abstract
The results of investigations of low-voltage burning modes of a non-self-sustained glow discharge with a ~0.2 m3 hollow cathode at low (≈1 Pa) pressure, which is assisted by an external injection of electrons from the electric-arc plasma. The current-voltage characteristics recorded at low burning voltages 20–80 V demonstrate that there is a threshold glow-discharge burning voltage, at which a stepwise transition takes place from the burning conditions with high plasma inhomogeneity to the conditions of homogeneous plasma glow in the entire volume of the hollow cathode. This transition, accompanied by an enhanced hollow-cathode effect, is characterized by a 20–40% increase in the main discharge current. The glow discharge burning voltage, at which this current jump takes place lies within the range 45–60 V and depends on the value of the auxiliary discharge current and working pressure.
About the authors
V. V. Denisov
Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: volodyadenisov@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk
Yu. Kh. Akhmadeev
Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: volodyadenisov@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk
N. N. Koval
Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: volodyadenisov@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk
I. V. Lopatin
Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: volodyadenisov@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk
E. V. Ostroverkhov
Institute of High Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: volodyadenisov@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk
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