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- Title
An Experimental Investigation of an Avalanche of Relativistic Runaway Electrons under Normal Conditions.
- Authors
Babich, L. P.; Bakhov, K. I.; Balakin, V. A.; Donskoi, E. N.; Zavada, N. I.; Zelenskii, K. F.; Il'kaev, R. I.; I. M. Kutsyk; Loiko, T. V.; Nedoikash, Yu. M.; Pavlovskaya, N. G.; Roussel-Dupre, R. A.; Symbalisty, E. M. D.; And B. N. Shamraev
- Abstract
The development of avalanches of relativistic runaway electrons is investigated in an experiment similar to the classical Townsend experiment, but in the relativistic energy region. A large-scale laboratory setup is developed with an operating voltage of up to 1.2 MV, which is a chamber with flat electrodes separated by a segmented insulator. A sensitive collector method of analyzing the spectra of high-energy electrons is developed, which is used in electron detectors with a large collecting surface. The multiplication of relativistic electrons in the air is investigated at voltages of up to 1.0 MV. The initial stage of a relativistic electron avalanche is realized for the first time. The results of measurements agree with the results of Monte Carlo simulation.
- Subjects
ELECTRONS; HIGH voltages; ELECTRIC insulators &; insulation; MONTE Carlo method; FORCE &; energy; SCIENTIFIC experimentation
- Publication
High Temperature, 2004, Vol 42, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0018-151X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:HITE.0000020085.61526.40