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Vacuum Arcs with Diffuse Cathode Attachment (Review)

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The review covers the results of predominantly experimental studies of stationary vacuum arcs with diffuse cathode attachment that burns in vapor of the cathode material with a current density of less than 100 A/cm2. Such discharges are of great interest for a number of technologies that require the formation of high-intensity plasma flows without a droplet fraction. The discharges on cathodes made of graphite, pure metals, and oxides, as well as mixed cathodes, are considered. The specificity of the processes on vacuum arc cathodes is characterized by the ratio of the fluxes of thermally vaporized atoms and thermionic electrons. The review presents the results of studies of cathode materials with an atom-electron ratio of ~10–2 to ~108. Data on the working cathode temperature, the current–voltage characteristic of the discharge, the heat flux from the plasma to the cathode, the plasma parameters, its radiation spectrum, and the ion energy in the cathode jet are presented. Depending on the cathode material, the working temperature ranged from 1.2 to 2.5 kK. An analysis of the features of the charge-transfer processes on various cathodes is also presented.

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We are grateful to V. I. Kiselev for his great help in performing the experiments.

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    V. P. Polishchuk, R. A. Usmanov, A. D. Melnikov, N. A. Vorona, I. M. Yartsev, R. Kh. Amirov, A. V. Gavrikov, G. D. Liziakin, I. S. Samoylov, V. P. Smirnov & N. N. Antonov

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Polishchuk, V.P., Usmanov, R.A., Melnikov, A.D. et al. Vacuum Arcs with Diffuse Cathode Attachment (Review). High Temp 58, 476–494 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018151X20040124

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