• DocumentCode
    876087
  • Title

    Hollow-cathode discharges in mercury at low pressures

  • Author

    Young, R.W.

  • Author_Institution
    M-O Valve Co. Ltd., GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, UK
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1968
  • Firstpage
    66
  • Lastpage
    67
  • Abstract
    Self-sustained discharges, similar in mechanism to hollow-cathode discharges, have been seen at mercury vapour pressures down to 1 mtorr if initial ionisation is produced from an auxiliary discharge. Measurements of microwave emission point to a beam-plasma interaction mechanism.
  • Keywords
    discharges (electric);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19680052
  • Filename
    4209999