Optimizing the performance of flat-surface, high-gradient vacuum insulators

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 530-536

  Leopold, John G ^a   Dai, Uri ^a   Finkelstein, Yigal ^a   Weissman, Efraim ^a   Humphries, Stanley ^b  

^a RAFAEL   (Israel)

^b Field Precision   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron avalanche; High voltage insulators; Vacuum surface breakdown

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRODES; SURFACES; VACUUM; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRON AVALANCHE; HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATORS; METAL RINGS; VACUUM SURFACE BREAKDOWN;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 22744455119     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1453458     Document Type: Article

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