Temporal and spatial structure of a runaway electron beam in air at atmospheric pressure.

Autor: Levko, D., Krasik, Ya. E., Tarasenko, V. F., Rybka, D. V., Burachenko, A. G.
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Physics; May2013, Vol. 113 Issue 19, p196101, 3p, 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs
Abstrakt: The time- and spatial structure of a runaway electron beam generated in air at atmospheric pressure by a high-voltage pulse with a rise time of ∼300 ps is studied experimentally and numerically. It is obtained that the duration of the runaway electron current is a few tens of picoseconds, and it can consist of two or many peaks. It is shown that the many-peak temporal structure of the beam is caused by the non-simultaneous appearance of several emission centers on the cathode edge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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