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Pis'ma v Zhurnal Èksperimental'noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2003, Volume 77, Issue 5, Pages 264–269 (Mi jetpl2748)  

This article is cited in 41 scientific papers (total in 42 papers)

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On the mechanism of the runaway of electrons in a gas: The upper branch of the self-sustained discharge ignition curve

A. N. Tkachev, S. I. Yakovlenko

A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Abstract: Based on the results of simulation by the method of particles, it is shown that the Townsend mechanism of electron multiplication in a gas at a sufficiently large electrode spacing is valid at least up to such large values of $E/p$ at which relativistic electrons are generated. On the other hand, the phenomenon of electron runaway in a gas is determined by the electrode spacing, which must be either comparable with or smaller than the characteristic electron multiplication length, rather than the local criteria accepted presently. It is shown that, for a particular gas, the critical voltage across the electrodes at which the runaway electrons comprise a significant fraction is a universal function of the product of the electrode spacing by the gas pressure. This function also determines the condition of self-sustained discharge ignition. It not only incorporates the known Paschen curve but also additionally contains the upper branch, which describes the absence of a self-sustained discharge at a high voltage sufficiently rapidly supplied across the electrodes.
Received: 23.01.2003
English version:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2003, Volume 77, Issue 5, Pages 221–225
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1574835
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Document Type: Article
PACS: 51.50.+v
Language: Russian
Citation: A. N. Tkachev, S. I. Yakovlenko, “On the mechanism of the runaway of electrons in a gas: The upper branch of the self-sustained discharge ignition curve”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 77:5 (2003), 264–269; JETP Letters, 77:5 (2003), 221–225
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