Electron-beam sustainer discharge streamers and arcing
Abstract
The electron beam sustainer method of generating a stable high pressure gas discharge is investigated theoretically and experimentally. The most important discharge instability in the non-self-sustaining discharge is the streamer; this is discussed and a model proposed for formation and propagation. Integration of streamer velocity over the discharge gap predicts arcing times. Experimental measurements of streamer behaviour in nitrogen discharge have been made, and these are compared with predictions.
- Publication:
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Annual Report
- Pub Date:
- November 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976avco.rept.....D
- Keywords:
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- Electric Arcs;
- Electron Beams;
- Gas Discharges;
- Gas Lasers;
- Gas Generators;
- Nitrogen;
- Lasers and Masers