On the role played by UV resonant photons in the electrical breakdown of an argon discharge initiated with an electron source

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1217-1223

  Agache, M ^a   Fitaire, M ^a   Leduc, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SOURCES; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRONIC AVALANCHES; ELECTRONIC SWARM PARAMETER; TOWNSEND THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET RESONANT PHOTONS;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES;

EID: 0030147881     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/29/5/016     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Kunhardt E E 1980 IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 8 130
2. Raizer Y P 1991 Gas Discharge Physics (Berlin: Springer) p 128
3. Sakai Y, Tagashira H and Sakamoto S 1977 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 10 1035
4. Phelps A V 1960 Phys. Rev. 117 619
5. Bretagne J, Callede J, Legentil M and Puech V 1986 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 19 761
6. Guimaraes F and Bretagne J 1993 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 2 127
7. Puech V and Torchin L 1986 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 19 2309
8. Frost L S and Phelps A V 1964 Phys. Rev. A 1538
9. Milloy H B and Crompton R W 1977 Aust. J. Phys. 3051
10. Milloy H B, Crompton R W, Rees J and Robertson A G 1977 Aust. J. Phys. 3061
11. Nahar S and Wadhera J 1987 Phys. Rev. A 35 2051
12. Agache M, Laubé S and Fitaire M 1993 Proc. Gaseous Electronics Conf. Montréal
13. i).
14. Holstein T 1947 Phys. Rev. 72 1212; 1951 Phys. Rev. 83 1159
15. Holstein T 1947 Phys. Rev. 72 1212; 1951 Phys. Rev. 83 1159
16. Walsch P J 1956 Phys. Rev. 116 511
17. Payne M G, Tralmage J E, Hurst G S and Wagner E B 1974 Phys. Rev. A 9 1050
18. Walker W C, Wainfan N and Weissler G L 1955 J. Appl. Phys. 26 1366
19. ph is the photoelectric efficiency of Ni.
20. Laubé S 1992 Exoélectrons et amorçage des décharges électriques Doctoral Thesis Université de Paris. XI, Centre Orsay
21. Agache M, Kudrle V and Fitaire M 1994 Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39 1476
22. Wijsman R A 1949 Phys. Rev. 75 833