Title : 
Comments on "Interaction between Vacuum Arcs and Transverse Magetic Fields with Application to Current Limitation"
         
        
            Author : 
Drouet, Michel G.
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Questions are raised about the neglect of the self-magnetic field of the arc in the calculation of the Hall field and the stability criterion proposed for the alignment of the spots.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Cathodes; Disk recording; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic recording; Plasma confinement; Plasma sheaths; Plasma stability; Stability criteria; Vacuum arcs;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TPS.1982.4316201