Theory of the secondary electron avalanche at electrically stressed insulator-vacuum interfaces
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 48 (7) , 3073-3080
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.324077
Abstract
Several aspects of the secondary emission avalanche along an insulator surface (which is believed to play a role in insulator flashover) are addressed theoretically. The saturation condition for the two extremes of supply-limited and space-charge-limited current are obtained in analytic form, and comparison with the computer simulation of Anderson is made. Also, the effect of a strong magnetic field parallel to the insulator surface and perpendicular to the electric field is analyzed, taking account of the distribution of emission angles. It is found that the critical magnetic field for inhibition of flashover is reduced by a factor of about 2 when the distribution of angles is included in the calculation.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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