Re: [TCML] Spherical topload SGTC

[William Beaty <billb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Liviu Vasiliu wrote:

> I have a little Chrismas vacance so I had the time to finish another 
> project. Is a spherical topload little SGTC used for spontaneously 
> manifestation of the "swirling streamer effect".

With the two spheres, does the discharge behavior become very different if 
you leave the gap open between them, or if you add a conductor in the gap 
to connect them?  If the main influence is the shape of the surrounding 
e-field, then there should be small or zero difference whether the two 
spheres are connected or not.

Also ...for the last few years, "plasma focus" or plasma-pinch experiments 
have employed the above trick to stablize the plasma streamer.  By pulsing 
an axial gas jet during the discharge in the vacuum chamber, fusion 
physicists can greatly extend the useful lifetime of the plasma streamer 
before it kinks up.

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