Breakdown characteristics of high pressure xenon lamps

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Wendt, M ^a   Peters, S ^b   Loffhagen, D ^a   Kloss, A ^c   Kettlitz, M ^a  

^a INP GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c OSRAM GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN CHARACTERISTICS; BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE; CONTINUOUS FIELDS; CURRENT WAVEFORMS; ELECTRICAL PROBES; ELECTRON AVALANCHES; ELECTRON ENERGY BALANCE; ELECTRONIC BALLASTS; FAST CAMERAS; FLUID MODELS; FOUR-ORDER; HID LAMPS; HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMPS; HIGH PRESSURE XENON LAMPS; IONIZATION FRONTS; OPTICAL RADIATIONS; POWER SUPPLY; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; TUNGSTEN TIP; UV ILLUMINATIONS;

BALLASTS (LAMP); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC LAMPS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; TUNGSTEN; XENON;

LIGHTING;

EID: 70149114995     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/18/185208     Document Type: Article

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