On the first townsend coefficient at high electric field

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2931-2935

  Davydov, Yu I ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

First Townsend coefficient; Gas detectors; Gas discharges; Gas gain; Low pressure gas discharges; Reduced electric field strength

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; GAS DETECTORS; PRESSURE; WIRE;

FIRST TOWNSEND COEFFICIENT; GAS GAIN; LOW-PRESSURE GAS DISCHARGES; REDUCED ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 33750397894     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.881543     Document Type: Article

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