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The instants corresponding to the appearance of luminescence in three regions of the interelectrode gap (at the anode and cathode and in the center of the gap) were determined by means of a photomultiplier and compared with the onset of the rise in current during a dc spark vacuum breakdown. Only the luminescence at the cathode started at exactly the same moment as the rise in current. It appeared that the irreversible breakdown in the vacuum insulation during a dc breakdown was due to the development of cathode jets, as in the case of a pulsed discharge.
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Translated from Izvestiya VUZ, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 12–16, March, 1973.
The authors wish to thank G. A. Mesyats for interest in this work and R. B. Baksht for active participation in discussing the results.
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Yurike, Y.Y., Puchkarev, V.F. & Proskurovskii, D.I. Observation of the luminescence between the electrodes during the rise in the spark current in a vacuum breakdown at constant voltage. Soviet Physics Journal 16, 293–297 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00895413
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