Experimental testing bench for the diagnostics of plasma generated by pulsed guns with the dielectric surface breakdown

• Main Authors: Vinnikov, D.V., Katrechko, V.V., Yuferov, V.B., Tkachev, V.I., Petrenko, S.A., Fomin, V.T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Національний науковий центр «Харківський фізико-технічний інститут» НАН України 2021
• Series: Вопросы атомной науки и техники
• Subjects: Relativistic and nonrelativistic plasma electronics
• Online Access: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/195128

The experimental testing bench “ETB-PG” was designed to study the operation of plasma guns. The constructional design of plasma guns with replaceable dielectric operating on the surface sparkover basis has been proposed. Discharge currents and voltages under atmospheric and vacuum conditions have been determined. The two types of discharges were detected in the pressure range varying from the atmospheric value to 10⁻⁵ Torr. An experimental Paschen curve has been plotted. A statistical dependence of the types of discharges on the number of pulses, the pressure in the chamber, and the breakdown voltage has been established. The results of optical studies of the plasma flow generated by plasma guns in the vacuum of 2∙10⁻⁴ to 2∙10⁻⁵ Torr have been presented. The propagation velocity of the plasma flow in axial and radial directions has been measured. The glow time of the injected plasma was determined for different types of the discharges. The spectrograms of the composition and degree of the plasma ionization have been obtained.