BREAKDOWN OF ARGON AT LOW PRESSURE IN A LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC FIELD
The breakdown probability at low pressure in argon was measured with 0 to 1.500 gauss magnetic fields parallel to the electric fleld. With the overvoltage fixed at 16.5%, the number of breakdowns was counted for applied square pulses. The breakdown probability increases with magnetic field intensity. The breakdown probability was calculated on the assumptions that breakdown was caused by multiavalanche, and that the secondary mechanism was due to the drift of resonance radiation in the diffusion process as Kachikas and Fisher suggested. A fairly good agreement between theory and experiment was attuined and the drift velocity of resonance radiation was about 9.5 x 10/sup 5/ cm sec/sup -1/ in the calculation. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Kyoto Univ.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-014196
- OSTI ID:
- 4141480
- Journal Information:
- J. Phys. Soc. Japan, Journal Name: J. Phys. Soc. Japan Vol. Vol: 15
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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