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11. A characteristic line current in a fully ionized gas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

R. S. Pease
R. S. Pease*
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, England

Abstract

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Standard formulae for the electrical resistance and for the radiating properties of a fully ionized gas have been combined with pinch effect relations to obtain the stationary state radial distribution functions and current—voltage characteristics of a filamentary current. The calculations suggest that the radiation cooling permits a pinched discharge to exist, with a maximum current of about one or two million amperes.

Type
Part I: Magneto-Hydrodynamics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 6: Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics , 1958 , pp. 99 - 102
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958 

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