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High-energy electrons in nanosecond high-voltage discharges developing in the regime of microstructured current channels

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A mechanism responsible for the generation of high- and anomalous-energy electrons is formulated on the basis of a fractal model of the spatial structure of nanosecond gas discharges. The proposed mechanism admits the acceleration of electrons both in the stage of interelectrode gap bridging and in the stage of conduction.

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Original Russian Text © V.I. Karelin, A.A. Tren’kin, 2009, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 37–43.

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Karelin, V.I., Tren’kin, A.A. High-energy electrons in nanosecond high-voltage discharges developing in the regime of microstructured current channels. Tech. Phys. Lett. 35, 407–409 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378500905006X

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