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Energy of electrons generated during a subnanosecond breakdown in atmospheric-pressure air

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The influence of the cathode design on the energy of the main group of electrons generated during a subnanosecond breakdown in atmospheric-pressure air was studied experimentally. The electron energy was measured using a time-of-flight spectrometer with a picosecond time resolution. It is shown that the energy of the main group of electrons increases with increasing cathode curvature radius. It is established using 400- to 650-μm-thick aluminum foils that the electron energy reaches its maximum value in voltage pulses with abrupt trailing edges and amplitudes below the maximum amplitude. Electrons with maximum energies are generated with a stronger spatial and amplitude scatter than those with average energies.

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    V. F. Tarasenko, E. Kh. Baksht, A. G. Burachenko, I. D. Kostyrya & D. V. Rybka

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Original Russian Text © V.F. Tarasenko, E.Kh. Baksht, A.G. Burachenko, I.D. Kostyrya, D.V. Rybka, 2013, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2013, Vol. 39, No. 7, pp. 668–676.

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Tarasenko, V.F., Baksht, E.K., Burachenko, A.G. et al. Energy of electrons generated during a subnanosecond breakdown in atmospheric-pressure air. Plasma Phys. Rep. 39, 592–599 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X13060111

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