The behavior of a rotating plasma machine has been investigated. It is found that when the gas pressure and the current are varied within very wide limits the burning voltage remains constant. The voltage is proportional to the magnetic field. The reason for this behavior seems to be the existence of a critical velocity, above which a strong interaction between a plasma and a neutral gas takes place.
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U. Fahleson (1961) studied this question.
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