• DocumentCode
    46499
  • Title

    Electron Avalanche Assisted by Preionization of Electron Beam in Ar

  • Author

    XueKai Pei ; Zhan Wang ; Quanjun Huang ; Kai Chen ; Shunqun Wu ; Yubin Xian ; XinPei Lu

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    2396
  • Lastpage
    2397
  • Abstract
    Using the preionization of an electron beam of 13 keV, the electron avalanche process in argon at a high pressure of 20 kPa was studied. A bright conical plasma plume, which looks like an electron avalanche, is captured when electrons are accelerated by a dc voltage of 8 kV.
  • Keywords
    argon; electron avalanches; electron beams; glow discharges; preionisation; Ar; DC voltage; argon atmosphere; bright conical plasma plume; electron acceleration; electron avalanche; electron beam preionization; electron volt energy 13 keV; pressure 20 kPa; voltage 8 kV; Argon; Cathodes; Electron beams; Glow discharges; Plasmas; Silicon; Electron avalanche; electron beam (E-beam); homogeneous glow discharge; homogeneous glow discharge.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2014.2311111
  • Filename
    6777278