The processes of channel contraction of a high-current vacuum-arc discharge and plasma formation in the anode region are highly important for improving the switching characteristics of vacuum circuit breakers. The spatial-spectral structure of the discharge and its dynamics are studied with a videospectroscopic apparatus complex. The obtained data clearly show the changes in the charge composition of the anode and cathode plasma macrospots during the change of the discharge form.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 127–131, November 2022
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Popov, S.A., Dubrovskaya, E.L., Schneider, A.V. et al. High-Speed Videospectroscopy of a High-Current Vacuum-Arc Discharge with Copper-Chromium Electrodes. Russ Phys J 65, 1929–1933 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-023-02852-0
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