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Experimental Study of a Vacuum Spark Discharge over a Dielectric Surface

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A decrease in the amplitude of the current of a vacuum spark discharge over a dielectric surface with increasing discharge gap length is established. It is shown that, in the presence of a longitudinal magnetic field, the leading edge of the discharge voltage pulse is extended, whereas the clearly pronounced current pulse transforms into a train of alternating current oscillations. The discharge is found to decelerate when the spark is preceded by a low-current discharge.

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    V. I. Asiunin, S. G. Davydov, A. N. Dolgov, A. V. Korneev, A. A. Pshenichniy & R. Kh. Yakubov

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Original Russian Text © V.I. Asiunin, S.G. Davydov, A.N. Dolgov, A.V. Korneev, A.A. Pshenichniy, R.Kh. Yakubov, 2017, published in Prikladnaya Fizika, 2017, No. 1, pp. 14–20.

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Asiunin, V.I., Davydov, S.G., Dolgov, A.N. et al. Experimental Study of a Vacuum Spark Discharge over a Dielectric Surface. Plasma Phys. Rep. 44, 605–609 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X18060016

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