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Initiation of a volume discharge in the gaseous mixture of CO2 lasers at above-atmospheric pressures for a discharge gap 5 cm long is considered. It is shown that preionization by soft X rays allows initiation of the volume discharge when ratio E/p (p = 5 atm) is below a static breakdown value.
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Original Russian Text © P.N. Dashuk, K.S. Kulakov, S.L. Kulakov, Yu.V. Rybin, 2008, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2008, Vol. 78, No. 5, pp. 47–50.
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Dashuk, P.N., Kulakov, K.S., Kulakov, S.L. et al. Initiation of a volume discharge in an elevated-pressure gaseous mixture of CO2 lasers. Tech. Phys. 53, 579–582 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784208050071
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