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Influence of the electrode system on the emission characteristics of a vacuum spark

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The influence of the electrode system on the emission characteristics of a high-current low-inductance vacuum spark is investigated. It is shown that the structure and composition of the spark plasma radiating in the X-ray spectral range depend substantially on the geometry and relative position of the electrodes. A mechanism related to the effect of the initial distribution of the electric field in the electrode gap is proposed to explain such a dependence. The conditions in which the radiating plasma forms from the erosion products of one or both electrodes are determined.

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    O. A. Bashutin, M. A. Alkhimova, E. D. Vovchenko, E. I. Dodulad, A. S. Savelov & S. A. Sarantsev

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Original Russian Text © O.A. Bashutin, M.A. Alkhimova, E.D. Vovchenko, E.I. Dodulad, A.S. Savelov, S.A. Sarantsev, 2013, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2013, Vol. 39, No. 11, pp. 1006–1016.

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Bashutin, O.A., Alkhimova, M.A., Vovchenko, E.D. et al. Influence of the electrode system on the emission characteristics of a vacuum spark. Plasma Phys. Rep. 39, 900–909 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X13110019

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