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- Title
Beam electron energy distribution at a volume nanosecond discharge in atmospheric-pressure air.
- Authors
Tarasenko, V.; Kostyrya, I.; Petin, V.; Shlyakhtun, S.
- Abstract
The energy distributions of beam electrons and x-ray photons in a volume nanosecond discharge on atmospheric-pressure air are studied. Several groups of elevated-energy electrons are found. It is shown that electrons with an energy from several tens to several hundreds of kiloelectronvolts (which is lower than a maximal voltage across the gap) make a major contribution to the beam current measured behind thin foils. It is corroborated that fast electrons (with an energy from several kiloelectronvolts to several tens of kiloelectron-volts) arise 100–150 ps before the basic peak of the beam current, elongating the current pulse and significantly increasing its amplitude. The contribution from electrons with an anomalously high energy (exceeding a maximal voltage across the gap) to the beam current is shown to be insignificant (less than 5%). The x-ray spectra in gas-filled diodes of different design are studied. Techniques of measuring the subnanosecond electron beam current and mechanisms generating fast and runaway electrons in volume high-pressure gas discharges are analyzed.
- Subjects
ELECTRON beams; ATMOSPHERIC pressure; PHOTONS; ELECTRONS; OSCILLOSCOPES; CALORIMETRY
- Publication
Technical Physics, 2006, Vol 51, Issue 12, p1576
- ISSN
1063-7842
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1063784206120048