Flashover of a vacuum-insulator interface: A statistical model

Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Stygar, W A ^a   Ives, H C ^b   Wagoner, T C ^c   Lott, J A ^c   Anaya, V ^c   Harjes, H C ^a   Corley, J P ^c   Shoup, R W ^a   Fehl, D L ^a   Mowrer, G R ^a   Wallace, Z R ^c   Anderson, R A ^a   Boyes, J D ^a   Douglas, J W ^d   Horry, M L ^a   Jaramillo, T F ^c   Johnson, D L ^d   Long, F W ^a   Martin, T H ^a   McDaniel, D H ^a   Milton, O ^a   Mostrom, M A ^e   Muirhead, D A ^a   Mulville, T D ^c   Ramirez, J J ^a   Ramirez, L E ^e   Romero, T M ^c   Seamen, J F ^a   Smith, J W ^a   Speas, C S ^a   Spielman, R B ^a   Struve, K W ^a   Vogtlin, G E ^f   Walsh, D E ^g   Walsh, E D ^g   Walsh, M D ^g   Yamamoto, O ^h   more..

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^e MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g C Lec Plastics   (United States)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 18144373060     PISSN: 10984402     EISSN: 10984402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.7.070401     Document Type: Article

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