Subnanosecond high-voltage breakdown initiated in high-pressure nitrogen by a runaway electron beam

Autor: Alexander G. Burachenko, Victor F. Tarasenko, Evgenii Kh. Baksht
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: High Voltage (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2397-7264
DOI: 10.1049/hve.2017.0016
Popis: This study reports on subnanosecond breakdowns initiated on high pressure nitrogen by a runaway electron beam in an inhomogeneous electric field. It is shown that a diffuse discharge with a duration of ≥1 ns is formed in the gas diode. Data are reported for the first time on collector measurements of a supershort avalanche electron beam downstream of an anode foil at a nitrogen pressure of 0.5–1.2 MPa. The beam pulsewidth at these pressures is ∼90 ps. At a nitrogen pressure of 1.2 MPa, the number of electrons with an energy >70 keV recorded by the collector is 4 × 10^6/cm^2.
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