X-rays from laboratory sparks in air: The role of the cathode in the production of runaway electrons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  March, Víctor ^a   Montanyá, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIPOTENTIAL LINES; NEGATIVE ELECTRODE; RUNAWAY ELECTRONS; STEPPED LEADER;

ELECTRIC SPARKS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; LABORATORY METHOD; X-RAY;

EID: 79951933947     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046540     Document Type: Article

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