On transition from diffuse mode to the constricted one with high-current cathode spot in overvoltage open discharge in D2

So called "open discharges" in a narrow gap between the solid cathode and grid anode are widely used for generation of the pulsed high-current electron beams with energy up to 100 keV. The need to get high-energy e-beams leads to the necessity in using of strong overvoltage of the short ga...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2017-11, Vol.927 (1), p.12070
Main Authors: Akishev, Yu S, Karalnik, V B, Medvedev, M A, Petryakov, A V, Trushkin, N I, Shafikov, A G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cathodes
Electric fields
Electron beams
Gas discharges
High current
Low pressure
Low voltage
Overvoltage
Physical properties
Physics
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Summary:So called "open discharges" in a narrow gap between the solid cathode and grid anode are widely used for generation of the pulsed high-current electron beams with energy up to 100 keV. The need to get high-energy e-beams leads to the necessity in using of strong overvoltage of the short gas gap with the reduced electric field of the order of 105 Td or higher. The discharge under strong overvoltage is unstable and tends to transit into high-current regime with low voltage. In the case of the open discharge in D2 at low pressure (about 0.5-2 Torr) and powered by stepwise voltage with amplitude up to 25 kV we revealed that this discharge exhibits two diffuse regimes which follow one by one and finally transits into the constricted mode with formation of high-current spots on the cathode. The physical properties of these gas discharge regimes have been explored in detail with the usage of the fast multi-frame camera synchronized with the current and voltage of discharge. Our findings promote more insight into physics of the overvoltage open discharge generating the e-beams with energy up to 25 keV.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/927/1/012070