Observations on Pulsed Spark Chambers
- 1 May 1961
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 32 (5) , 499-508
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1717422
Abstract
The spark formation time in rare-gas pulsed spark chambers was investigated as a function of the pulse voltage under various conditions of electrodes, gap lengths, gases, delay times, and clearing fields. An explanation of these formation times was found in terms of a simple process of electron multiplication leading to rapid gas breakdown. Notes on the construction of a thin foil spark chamber and on thyratron pulsers for use with spark chambers are also given.Keywords
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