• DocumentCode
    1311191
  • Title

    Diagnostic Challenges of Asymmetrically Burning Arcs

  • Author

    Schneidenbach, H. ; Franke, St ; Käning, M.

  • Author_Institution
    INP Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    2998
  • Lastpage
    2999
  • Abstract
    Asymmetric arcs may cause some complications in the evaluation of optical emission spectroscopy for optically thin plasmas. Even a slight asymmetry can result in increased experimental uncertainties or erroneous conclusions.
  • Keywords
    arcs (electric); plasma diagnostics; asymmetrically burning arcs; diagnostic challenges; optical emission spectroscopy; optically thin plasmas; slight asymmetry; Adaptive optics; Electrodes; Mercury (metals); Optical imaging; Plasma temperature; Temperature distribution; Arc discharges; light sources; plasma diagnostics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2011.2163424
  • Filename
    6006535