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Plasma State Current Amplifier

Nature Physical Science volume 233, pages 26–27 (1971)Cite this article

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FOR a discharge arc in a cylinder of radius r0 the relation between the arc current I and the ion current flowing to the wall per unit length, Iw, is given by1where α and γ are related to the radial plasma density profile and β is the ratio of electron drift to random velocities; all three are approximately constants and of order unity, m and M are the electron and ion masses respectively.

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STANGEBY, P., ALLEN, J. Plasma State Current Amplifier. Nature Physical Science 233, 26–27 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci233026a0

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