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The results of experimental studies of a coaxial chopping gap filled with air at atmospheric pressure are presented. At a pulse rise time of 100–300 ps and a voltage pulse amplitude of 30–145 kV, the obtained duration of the voltage-pulse decay time is ≤ 100 ps. The high stability of the gap operation is attained in the presence of the edge with a small radius of curvature on one of the electrodes. The fast voltage decay across the gap is determined by the preionization of the gap by runaway electrons.
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Original Russian Text © V.F. Tarasenko, A.G. Burachenko, E.Kh. Baksht, I.D. Kostyrya, M.I. Lomaev, D.V. Rybka, 2009, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2009, No. 3, pp. 59–62.
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Tarasenko, V.F., Burachenko, A.G., Baksht, E.K. et al. A coaxial chopping gap filled with air at atmospheric pressure with a pulse decay time ≤100 ps. Instrum Exp Tech 52, 366–369 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441209030117
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