A mathematical model of the modified Paschen's curve for breakdown in microscale gaps

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Go, David B ^a   Pohlman, Daniel A ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AIR; BREAKDOWN CURVES; BREAKDOWN PHENOMENA; BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE; ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION; ENHANCED FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MICRO-SCALES; SMALL GAPS; TRANSITION REGIONS;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRODES; EXPERIMENTS; FIELD EMISSION; IONIZATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77952989820     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3380855     Document Type: Article

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