The influence of polarity on trigatron switching performance

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-123

  MacGregor, Scott J ^a   Tuema, Fadhil A ^a   Turnbull, Steven M ^a   Farish, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; SWITCHING;

HIGH PRESSURE GAS SWITCHES; JITTER; TRIGATRON; TRIGGER VOLTAGE POLARITY; VOLTAGE COLLAPSE TIME;

ELECTRIC SPARK GAPS;

EID: 0031125218     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602481     Document Type: Article

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