NDLI: Low-resistance high-current discharge initiation in a vacuum diode

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Author	Zherlitcyn, Andrei A. Kovalchuk, Boris M. Pedin, Nikolai N.
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: Institute of High Current Electronics, 2/3, Akademichesky av., 634055 Tomsk, Russia (Zherlitcyn, Andrei A.; Kovalchuk, Boris M.; Pedin, Nikolai N.)
Abstract	Preliminary creation of ion flow in a vacuum diode before applying the voltage pulse allows removing the beam current limitation by own space charge, reducing the diode impedance, and increasing the beam power. The sources based on the surface dielectric breakdown are most widely used to create a plasma flow. Plasma extends as a result of hydrodynamic expansion with a velocity of $∼10^{6}$ cm/s determined by the plasma temperature (units of eV). Besides this, the ions with the velocities exceeding the thermal velocity are recorded. It is evident that this flow can be used for ion compensation of the electron beam charge in high-current relativistic diodes. This paper presents the results of oscillographic study of the ion flow propagation from a capillary plasma gun in combination with single-frame photography of plasma glow with a resolution up to 3 ns. Ignition of a high-current low-resistance discharge with the current of 100 kA in the absence of complete filling of the diode gap with plasma is demonstrated. The situation in which plasma fills only a part of the diode gap prior to ignition of high-current discharge is favorable for the realization of the current cutoff with a high rate.
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File Size	214110
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File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479927111
e-ISBN	9781479927135
DOI	10.1109/PLASMA.2014.7012429
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-05-25
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Plasmas Discharges (electric) Particle beams Ignition Space charge Impedance Surface impedance
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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