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The Bertele Arc

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THE electron emission in the cathode spot of arcs has remained an unexplained phenomenon since K. T. Compton1 first directed attention to it. It appears that the arc discharge discovered by H. von Bertele2 puts this paradox into an even more acute form.

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  1. J. VITHAYATHIL

    Present address: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, S.W.1

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GABOR, D., VITHAYATHIL, J. The Bertele Arc. Nature 189, 821–822 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189821a0

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