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A physical model is proposed that describes the retrograde motion of a dc arc cathode spot as a process of plasma propagation in the direction opposite to the Poynting vector (against the Lorenz force).
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Original Russian Text © Yu.K. Bobrov, V.P. Bystrov, A.A. Rukhadze, 2006, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 35–41.
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Bobrov, Y.K., Bystrov, V.P. & Rukhadze, A.A. Physical model of the cathode spot retrograde motion. Tech. Phys. 51, 567–573 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784206050057
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