On the observation of microparticles flying through an electrically stressed vacuum gap
- 21 February 1978
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 11 (3) , L37-L38
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/11/3/002
Abstract
The detection of microparticles flying through a vacuum gap prior to breakdown usually fails when the experiment is performed in ultra-high vacuum. The authors propose and experimentally verify that this is a consequence of the thermal process for outgassing.Keywords
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