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Spatial potential profiles and electron energy distribution functions are measured in the near-anode region of a striated neon glow discharge. It is discovered that potential wells of small depth adjacent to the anode appear on the spatial potential profiles at certain moments in time. The distribution functions measured in the potential wells have a pronounced maximum of slow electrons, which sharply distinguishes them from the distribution functions in the striation phases where there are no wells. The mechanism which shapes the electron distribution function for electrons trapped in a potential well is analyzed. A perturbing effect of the anode on the electron distribution function as the anode is approached is discovered experimentally, and an interpretation of this effect is given.
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Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 25–32 (March 1998)
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Golubovskii, Y.B., Nekuchaev, V.S. & Ponomarev, N.S. Trapped and free electrons in the near-anode region of a striated discharge. Tech. Phys. 43, 288–295 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1258912
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