The Open Plasma Physics Journal

2011, 4 : 40-54
Published online 2011 December 1. DOI: 10.2174/1876534301104010040
Publisher ID: TOPPJ-4-40

Features of Jets Formed by Erosive Capillary Discharges

A. Ya. Ender , V. I. Kuznetsov , I. N. Kolyshkin and A. N. Shchetinina
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg 194021, Russia.

ABSTRACT

An experimental study of the physical processes in a thin plasma jet produced by the pulsed discharges in the capillary with evaporated wall is described. The losses in mass from capillary wall as well as the transferred charge are accurately measured. The velocity of plasma jet propagation is measured, too. The current structure in plasma is studied. It is proved that a thin plasma jet can be obtained through capillary manufactured from not only polymer but also inorganic materials.