Results of experiments on the study of dynamics of an overvoltage discharge at the low pressure р = 0.5–2.5 Torr up to its transition to the high-current low-voltage regime are presented, and the instability mechanism leading to a sharp voltage drop across the discharge is suggested.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 70–74, August, 2017.
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Akishev, Y.S., Balakirev, A.A., Karal’nik, V.B. et al. On the Mechanism of Maintenance and Instability of the Overvoltage Low-Pressure Discharge Forming a High-Current Runaway Electron Beam. Russ Phys J 60, 1341–1345 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-017-1219-z
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