Theory of powerful nonsteady xenon discharge taking vaporization of its stabilizing walls into account
Abstract
A complex mathematical model of an unsteady xenon discharge of average duration (100 to 1000 microsec) is developed, consideration being given to the erosion of the quartz walls. Expressions are derived for the phenomena occurring in the plasma, the wall temperature, the vaporization of the shell material, and the introduction of the erosion products into the discharge. Experiments, based on the model and involving a flash lamp (R = 0.35 cm), are presented, and satisfactory agreement is found between the theoretical and the experimental results.
- Publication:
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High Temperature Science
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981HTemS..19...22G