Emission Mechanism of Cold-Cathode Arcs
- 1 February 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 109 (3) , 636-646
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.109.636
Abstract
A new theory for the electron emission mechanism of cold-cathode arcs is proposed in which excited atoms play a predominant role as a source for ion generation in the vicinity of the cathode surface. The processes of resonance ionization of excited atoms at the cathode surface and of ionization of excited atoms in the strong electric field at the cathode surface are considered.Keywords
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