Investigation of intense electromagnetic transient phenomenon and Paschen curves for hydrogen and helium in subnanosecond regime

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 496-501

  Shimomura, Naoyuki ^a   Scholfield, David W ^a   Gahl, John Michel ^a   Lester, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

COSMIC RAY IONIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT PHENOMENA; GAS BREAKDOWN; HINDENBERG SERIES; HYDROGEN GAS SWITCHED PULSERS; PASCHEN CURVES; SUBNANOSECOND REGIME;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0034197761     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.887657     Document Type: Article

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