Supershort avalanche electron beams and X-rays in atmospheric-pressure air

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4 PART 2, 2010, Pages 741-750

  Tarasenko, Victor F ^a   Baksht, Evgenii Kh ^b   Burachenko, Alexander G ^a   Kostyrya, Igor D ^b   Lomaev, Mikhail I ^a   Rybka, Dmitri V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diffuse discharge; Electron beams in gases; Runaway electrons; Soft X rays.

Indexed keywords

CURRENT AMPLITUDE; CURRENT PULSE; DIFFUSE DISCHARGE; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; EXPOSURE DOSE; FOIL SURFACES; GAS DIODE; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; NANOSECOND DISCHARGE; PULSE RISETIME; RUNAWAY ELECTRON BEAMS; RUNAWAY ELECTRONS; SOFT X-RAY; SOFT X-RAYS.; SUPERSHORT AVALANCHE ELECTRON BEAMS; VOLTAGE AMPLITUDE; VOLTAGE PULSE;

ELECTRON BEAMS; X RAY LITHOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 77951094172     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2037908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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