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Beam-controlled current flow is investigated in an Ar-SF6 mixture at atmospheric pressure. It is shown that electron attachment to SF6 molecules plays an important role in the charge-dparticle balance, and the attachment constant is determined. The discharge energy properties are studied.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 72–76, July, 1978.
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Bychkov, Y.I., Korolev, Y.D., Mesyats, G.A. et al. Volume discharge excited by an electron beam in an Ar-SF6 mixture I. Beam-controlled discharge. Soviet Physics Journal 21, 898–901 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00892046
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