Title :
Images of Hollow Cathode Discharge Including Self-Pulsing Mode
Author :
Shoujie He ; Jing Ha
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Phys. Sci. & Technol., Hebei Univ., Baoding, China
Abstract :
The V-I curve, axial, and radial discharge images for cylindrical hollow cathode discharge are investigated. Results show that three modes appear with averaged discharge current increasing: 1) Townsend mode; 2) self-pulsing mode; and 3) hollow cathode effect mode.
Keywords :
Townsend discharge; glow discharges; plasma diagnostics; Townsend mode; V-I curve; axial discharge images; cylindrical hollow cathode discharge; hollow cathode effect mode; radial discharge images; self-pulsing mode; Anodes; Cathodes; Discharges (electric); Fault location; Plasmas; Hollow cathode discharge; images; self-pulse;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2014.2334644
