Speaker
Dr
Jim Norem
(Nano Synergy Inc)
Description
Although discovered 118 years ago, the understanding of vacuum arcs has proceeded very slowly, due to a number of factors. We believe a simple model based on surface cracks and unipolar arcs gives the clearest picture of this process. We will describe how our model, based almost entirely on our own experience with 805 MHz RF data at Fermilab and mechanisms not mentioned in the arcing literature before 2001, seems appropriate to applications as different as power grid losses, fusion devices, integrated circuit failure modes, laser ablation, vacuum microelectronics, classic plasma physics, as well as gas breakdown. We also compare its predictions with experimental data, various applications and with other models.
Authors
Dr
Jim Norem
(Nano Synergy Inc)
Dr
Zeke Insepov
(Purdue University)
