Abstract
An interrupted discharge has been used to examine the production of light in the breakdown of an overvoltage gas gap in air under conditions of E/p = 90-110 V/cm-mm Hg. It is found that there are two types of discharge, the type being dependent on the number of initial electrons: diffuse when there are many electrons and of channel type when there is a single initiating electron. The observed voltage-fall curves for the first type of discharge agree well with theoretical ones derived from the avalanche theory. A study has been made of the dependence of the delay time and switching time on the relative intensity of the illumination used to produce the initial electrons.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1198-1201 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Soviet Physics Journal |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1974 |
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The diffuse and channel stages in the overvoltage breakdown of a gas gap. / Bychkov, Yu I.; Korolev, Yu D.; Orlovskii, V. M.
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T1 - The diffuse and channel stages in the overvoltage breakdown of a gas gap
AU - Bychkov, Yu I.
AU - Korolev, Yu D.
AU - Orlovskii, V. M.
PY - 1974
Y1 - 1974
N2 - An interrupted discharge has been used to examine the production of light in the breakdown of an overvoltage gas gap in air under conditions of E/p = 90-110 V/cm-mm Hg. It is found that there are two types of discharge, the type being dependent on the number of initial electrons: diffuse when there are many electrons and of channel type when there is a single initiating electron. The observed voltage-fall curves for the first type of discharge agree well with theoretical ones derived from the avalanche theory. A study has been made of the dependence of the delay time and switching time on the relative intensity of the illumination used to produce the initial electrons.
AB - An interrupted discharge has been used to examine the production of light in the breakdown of an overvoltage gas gap in air under conditions of E/p = 90-110 V/cm-mm Hg. It is found that there are two types of discharge, the type being dependent on the number of initial electrons: diffuse when there are many electrons and of channel type when there is a single initiating electron. The observed voltage-fall curves for the first type of discharge agree well with theoretical ones derived from the avalanche theory. A study has been made of the dependence of the delay time and switching time on the relative intensity of the illumination used to produce the initial electrons.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF00826866
DO - 10.1007/BF00826866
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VL - 14
SP - 1198
EP - 1201
JO - Russian Physics Journal
JF - Russian Physics Journal
SN - 1064-8887
IS - 9
ER -