Statistical Studies of the Electric Breakdown in Nitrogen in the Duration Range of 3 ms–60 min

The statistical characteristics of an electric breakdown in the nitrogen in the spike (cathode)–plane gap in the duration range of (3 × 10 –3 )–3600 s at voltages close to a static breakdown have been studied. It has been found that a probability of a gap breakdown is nonmonotonously distributed ove...

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Published inTechnical physics Vol. 63; no. 5; pp. 674 - 679
Main Authors Gorokhov, V. V., Karelin, V. I., Perminov, A. V., Repin, P. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.05.2018
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Breakdown
Classical and Continuum Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Plasma
Statistical analysis
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Summary:The statistical characteristics of an electric breakdown in the nitrogen in the spike (cathode)–plane gap in the duration range of (3 × 10 –3 )–3600 s at voltages close to a static breakdown have been studied. It has been found that a probability of a gap breakdown is nonmonotonously distributed over time. The presence of maxima in the probability distribution confirms a contribution of some processes that both stimulate and suppress a breakdown. The typical times of the processes are ~30 ms, ~10 –1 s, and ~300 s.
ISSN:1063-7842
1090-6525
DOI:10.1134/S1063784218050092