DocumentCode
871361
Title
Development of aperiodic instability on liquid metal surface perturbed by thermal fluctuations
Author
Baskin, L.M.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Commun., Leningrad, USSR
Volume
24
Issue
6
fYear
1989
fDate
12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
929
Lastpage
931
Abstract
The dynamics of a liquid metal layer in a strong electric field is investigated for arbitrary viscosity. The specific forms of microtip that appear when aperiodic instability develops are determined. The liquid surface correlation function for development of instability on thermal fluctuations is calculated
Keywords
electron field emission; high field effects; aperiodic instability; arbitrary viscosity; correlation function; liquid metal surface; microtip; strong electric field; thermal fluctuations; Explosives; Fluctuations; Frequency; Navier-Stokes equations; Scanning electron microscopy; Stability; Surface waves; Vacuum arcs; Vacuum technology; Viscosity;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9367
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/14.46314
Filename
46314
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