Contribution to the Theory of Impulse Breakdown
- 1 December 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 23 (12) , 1336-1339
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1702071
Abstract
The experiments of R. C. Fletcher on impulse breakdown are discussed and a simple theory for these experiments is developed by assuming that the breakdown consists of ionization and charge separation in a uniform field. The theory accounts reasonably well for the time lags and also explains the shapes of the breakdown voltage transients. It indicates also that measurement of the mean ionizing time for electrons in the gap should be possible.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Impulse Breakdown in the-Sec. Range of Air at Atmospheric PressurePhysical Review B, 1949
- Untersuchung der Elektronenlawine mit der NebelkammerThe European Physical Journal A, 1937