Time evolution of hollow cathode lonization processes in the final breakdown phase of a transient hollow cathode discharge

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 746-751

  Zambra, Marcelo ^a   Favre, Mario ^a   Moreno, José ^a   Chuaqui, Hernân ^a   Wyndham, Edmund ^a   Choi, Peter ^a  

^a Comisiön Chilena de Energi'a Nuclear ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Gas discharges; Hollow cathode; Ionization growth

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

TRANSIENT HOLLOW CATHODE DISCHARGES (THCD);

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0032651498     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.774678     Document Type: Article

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