Field emission dark current of technical metallic electrodes

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 574, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-16

  Le Pimpec, F ^a   Ganter, R ^a   Betemps, R ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dark current; DC Breakdown; Field emission; High gradient; Plasma processing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION; GLOW DISCHARGES; ION BOMBARDMENT; PLASMA GUNS;

DC BREAKDOWN; HIGH GRADIENTS; LOW EMITTANCE GUN (LEG); METALLIC ELECTRODES;

DARK CURRENTS;

EID: 33947623279     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.087     Document Type: Article

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