Published December 21, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Arc spot grouping: An entanglement of arc spot cells

  • 1. EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603 (Japan)
  • 2. Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603 (Japan)
  • 3. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991 (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991 (Russian Federation)

Description

In recent experiments, clear transitions in velocity and trail width of an arc spot initiated on nanostructured tungsten were observed on the boundary of the thick and thin nanostructured layer regions. The velocity of arc spot was significantly decreased on the thick nanostructured region. It was suggested that the grouping decreased the velocity of arc spot. In this study, we try to explain the phenomena using a simple random walk model that has properties of directionality and self-avoidance. And grouping feature was added by installing an attractive force between spot cells with dealing with multi-spots. It was revealed that an entanglement of arc spot cells decreased the spot velocity, and spot cells tend to stamp at the same location many times

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
116
Journal Issue
23
Journal Page Range
p. 233302-233302.9
ISSN
0021-8979
CODEN
JAPIAU

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46108558
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GRAPH THEORY; LAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; RANDOMNESS; TUNGSTEN; VELOCITY; WIDTH
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONS; ELEMENTS; MATHEMATICS; METALS; REFRACTORY METALS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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