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J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Number C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
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| Page(s) | C7-219 - C7-220 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19797108 | |
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-219-C7-220
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19797108
1 Lebedev Physical Institute of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
2 Lebedev Physical Institute of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Plasma Physics laboratory, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-219-C7-220
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19797108
IONIZATION OF GASES IN STRONG ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
S.G. Arutyunyan1, I.R. Gekker2, D.M. Karfidov2 et A.A. Ruchadze21 Lebedev Physical Institute of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
2 Lebedev Physical Institute of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Plasma Physics laboratory, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Abstract
A qualitative theory of gas breakdown had been developed for the conditions when the average energy of electron oscillations in an alternating field [MATH] exceeds the ionization potential of atoms I. The dependence of the growth rate of ionization [MATH] on ε0( ε0=102-104eV) is presented. Experimental investigations on the development of microwave breakdown in helium, argon and air have been conducted, in the region of E0/ω0 =1.5.10-8. 10-7V.s/cm (ε0=0.1-300eV) and pressures p=5.10-4-10-3torr. Satisfactory agreement between calculated and experimental dependences has been observed for ε0>>I.