Penning Ionization in a He-Cd dc Discharge

29 November 1971

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 27 (22) , 1489-1492
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.27.1489

Abstract

Penning ionization is shown to be the dominant ionization mechanism in a low-current He-Cd dc discharge under certain conditions. Properties of a discharge of this type are discussed.

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