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
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