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Supershort avalanche electron beam generation in gases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2008

V.F. Tarasenko ,
E.H. Baksht ,
A.G. Burachenko ,
I.D. Kostyrya ,
M.I. Lomaev  and
D.V. Rybka
V.F. Tarasenko*
Affiliation:
High Current Electronics Institute SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
E.H. Baksht
Affiliation:
High Current Electronics Institute SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
A.G. Burachenko
Affiliation:
High Current Electronics Institute SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
I.D. Kostyrya
Affiliation:
High Current Electronics Institute SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
M.I. Lomaev
Affiliation:
High Current Electronics Institute SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
D.V. Rybka
Affiliation:
High Current Electronics Institute SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: V.F. Tarasenko, High Current Electronics Institute, 2/3, Akademichesky Ave., Tomsk 634055, Russia. E-mail: vft@loi.hcei.tsc.ru
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Abstract

This paper reports on the properties of a supershort avalanche electron beam generated in the air or other gases under atmospheric pressure and gives the analysis of a generation mechanism of supershort avalanche electron beam, as well as methods of such electron beams registration. It is reported that in the air under the pressure of 1 atm, a supershort (<100 ps) avalanche electron beam is formed in the solid angle more than 2π steradian. The electron beam has been obtained behind a 45 µm thick Al-Be foil in SF6 and Xe under the pressure of 2 atm, and in He, under the pressure of about 15 atm. It is shown that in SF6 under the high pressure (>1 atm) duration (full width at half maximum) of supershort avalanche electron beam pulse is about 150 ps.

Keywords

Atmospheric pressureGas diodeHigh pressureNanosecond dischargeRunaway electronsSupershort avalanche electron beam
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , December 2008 , pp. 605 - 617
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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