Investigations of the ignition of arc spots on cold cathodes in a noble gas atmosphere

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 897-904

  Schein, Jochen ^a   Schumann, Michael ^a   Nandelstadt, Daniel ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc discharges; Cathodes; Electric breakdown; Electron emission; Gas discharges; Ionization; Lighting; Plasma sheaths

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; GLOW DISCHARGES; HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; IONIZATION OF SOLIDS; PLASMA SHEATHS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ARC SPOT IGNITION; COLD CATHODES; COMMUTATION ELECTRODES; TOWNSEND GAMMA EMISSION;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0031251505     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.649587     Document Type: Article

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