Concurrent optical and electrical observations of the 'spontaneous' surface flashover of solid insulators in vacuum

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 666-675

  Xu, N S ^a   Latham, R V ^a   Goddard, B ^b   Tan, J ^b   Taylor, W ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CATHODE TRIPLE JUNCTIONS; HIGH VOLTAGE SOLID INSULATORS; STANDARD TRUNCATED ALUMINA CERAMIC CONES; SURFACE FLASHOVER;

SURFACE DISCHARGES;

EID: 0031076397     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/30/4/023     Document Type: Article

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