Instability of a Vacuum Arc Centrifuge.docVIP

Instability of a Vacuum Arc Centrifuge M. J. Hole, R. S. Dallaqua?, S. W. Simpson* and E. Del Bosco?. EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Cu lham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB UK *School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia ?Laboratório Associado de Plasma (LAP), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), CP 515, 12201-970, S?o José dos Campos, SP, Brazil Abstract. Ever since conception of the Vacuum Arc Centrifuge (VAC) in 1980, periodic fluctuations in the ion saturation current and floating potential have bee