Probing background ionization: Positive streamers with varying pulse repetition rate and with a radioactive admixture

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 45, 2011, Pages

  Nijdam, S ^a   Wormeester, G ^b   Van Veldhuizen, E M ^a   Ebert, U ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE CHANNEL; FREE ELECTRON; GAS COMPOSITIONS; HIGH-PURITY; IONIZATION LEVEL; REPETITION RATE; SIDE BRANCHES; STREAMER CHANNEL; STREAMER DISCHARGES; STREAMER PROPAGATION; VOLTAGE PULSE;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; ESTIMATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; KRYPTON; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 80055068606     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/45/455201     Document Type: Article

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