Characteristics of non-thermal AC arcs in multi-arc generator<xref rid="cpb_28_12_125205fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_28_12_125205fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11875295 and 11535003), Provincial Science and Technology Major Project of Anhui Province, China (Grant No. 17030801035), and Key Program of 13th Five-year Plan, CASHIPS, China (Grant No. KP-2017-25).</p></fn>

Characteristics of non-thermal AC arcs in multi-arc generator**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11875295 and 11535003), Provincial Science and Technology Major Project of Anhui Province, China (Grant No. 17030801035), and Key Program of 13th Five-year Plan, CASHIPS, China (Grant No. KP-2017-25).

Lin Qifu^{1, 2}, Zhao Yanjun^{1, 2}, Duan Wenxue¹, Ni Guohua^{1, 3, †}, Jin Xinyue^{1, 2, 3}, Sui Siyuan^{1, 2}, Xie Hongbing¹, Meng Yuedong¹

The schematic for the connection order between power supplies and arc plasma in multi-arc generator, and the corresponding discharge image in Fig. 7; (a) two power supplies and two arcs, (b) three power supplies and three arcs.