Characteristics of Rotationally Stabilized Long Plasma Arcs in a Chamber

An analytical method is developed to determine the gas temperature distribution and the electric field strength‐arc length characteristics of a rotationally stabilized long plasma arc in a cylindrical chamber. The application of the method was demonstrated by numerical computations which were carried out for a monatomic hydrogen arc stabilized in a very large chamber. The relationships among the electric field strength, current, arc length, and arc‐axis temperature are disclosed.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/70013/2/JAPIAU-40-9-3687-1.pd