Observation of the field emission from the melting zone occurring just before explosive electron emission

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 410-417

  Batrakov, A V ^a   Proskurovsky, D I ^a   Popov, S A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; PULSE GENERATORS;

EXPLOSIVE ELECTRON EMISSION (EEE); FIELD EMISSION (FE);

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 0033366028     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.788735     Document Type: Article

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