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Small-size controlled vacuum spark-gap in an external magnetic field

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It is demonstrated that the operation of a small-size controlled spark-gap can be controlled by applying a uniform external magnetic field. It is shown that the magnetic field of such a simple configuration efficiently suppresses the effect of localization of the discharge current after multiple actuations of the spark-gap.

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  1. All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics, Sushchevskaya ul. 22, Moscow, 127055, Russia

    V. I. Asyunin, S. G. Davydov, A. N. Dolgov, A. A. Pshenichnyi & R. Kh. Yakubov

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  1. V. I. Asyunin
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Asyunin, S.G. Davydov, A.N. Dolgov, A.A. Pshenichnyi, R.Kh. Yakubov, 2015, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 216–220.

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Asyunin, V.I., Davydov, S.G., Dolgov, A.N. et al. Small-size controlled vacuum spark-gap in an external magnetic field. Plasma Phys. Rep. 41, 198–202 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X15020014

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