Ultrafast gas breakdown at pressures below one atmosphere

Annual Report - Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 569-572

  Krompholz, H ^a   Hatfield, L ^a   Neuber, A ^a   Chaparro, J ^a   Ryu, H Y ^a   Justis, W ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PHENOMENON; GAS-BREAKDOWN; RISE TIME;

ARGON; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; GASES; INERT GASES; IONIZATION; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 50549101331     PISSN: 00849162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CEIDP.2006.311996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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