Title :
Generation of a supershort avalanche electron beam in a subnanosecond breakdown in different gases at pressures from 1 torr to 15 atm
Author :
Tarasenko, V.F. ; Baksht, E.Kh. ; Burachenko, A.G. ; Lomaev, M.I. ; Rybka, D.V. ; Sorokin, D.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of High Current Electron., Tomsk, Russia
Abstract :
The paper considers the properties of a supershort avalanche electron beam (SAEB) produced in different gases at the pressures from 1 torr to 15 atm. The SAEB downstream of a gas diode foil was detected at sulphur hexafluoride and xenon pressures up to 2 atm, nitrogen pressure up to 5 atm, and helium pressure up to 15 atm. It is demonstrated that at an air pressure of 1 atm, the SAEB is generated into an angle larger than 2 π sr. It is shown that the highest amplitudes of a SAEB of short duration are attained in different gases at low pressures.
Keywords :
avalanche breakdown; electron beams; particle beam dynamics; SAEB downstream; gas diode foil; gas pressure; helium pressure; nitrogen pressure; pressure 1 torr to 15 atm; runaway electron beam downstream detection; subnanosecond breakdown; sulphur hexafluoride; supershort avalanche electron beam; xenon pressures; Atmospheric measurements; Helium; Humidity measurement; Nonhomogeneous media;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference (PPC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0629-5
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.2011.6191641
