Gamma and UV radiation effects on breakdown voltage of neon-filled tube

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1047-1052

  Pejović, Milić M ^a   Pejović, Momčilo M ^a   Ristić, Goran S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Breakdown voltage; Discretized dynamic method; Gamma radiation; Static breakdown voltage; Ultraviolet (UV) radiation

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; GAMMA RAYS; POLYNOMIALS; RADIATION EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISCRETIZED DYNAMIC METHOD; NEON FILLED TUBE; STATIC BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 21544442354     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.848601     Document Type: Article

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