Generation of supershort avalanche electron beams and formation of diffuse discharges in different gases at high pressure

Plasma Devices and Operations

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-298

  Tarasenko, Viktor F ^a   Baksht, Evgeny Kh ^a   Burachenko, Aleksandr G ^a   Kostyrya, Igor D ^a   Lomaev, Mikhail I ^a   Rybka, Dmitry V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

An SAEB; Diffuse discharge in dense gases; Runaway electrons; Supershort avalanche electron beams

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRON TUBES; ELECTRONS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GASES; PARTICLE BEAMS; SNOW;

AN SAEB; BEAM CURRENTS; CURRENT AMPLITUDES; DIFFUSE DISCHARGE IN DENSE GASES; ELECTRODE GAPS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH PRESSURES; LATERAL SURFACES; LATERAL WALLS; NANOSECOND DISCHARGES; NON UNIFORMS; PULSE DURATIONS; RADIAL DIRECTIONS; RADIUS OF CURVATURES; RUNAWAY ELECTRONS; SOLID ANGLES; SUPER SHORTS; SUPERSHORT AVALANCHE ELECTRON BEAMS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 56349166070     PISSN: 10519998     EISSN: 10294929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10519990802478847     Document Type: Article

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