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The amplitude−temporal characteristics of a supershort avalanche electron beam (SAEB) with an amplitude of up to 100 A, as well as of the breakdown voltage and discharge current, are studied experimentally with a picosecond time resolution. The waveforms of discharge and SAEB currents are synchronized with those of the voltage pulses. It is shown that the amplitude−temporal characteristics of the SAEB depend on the gap length and the designs of the gas diode and cathode. The mechanism for the generation of runaway electron beams in atmospheric-pressure gases is analyzed on the basis of the obtained experimental data.
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Original Russian Text © V.F. Tarasenko, E.Kh. Baksht, D.V. Beloplotov, A.G. Burachenko, M.I. Lomaev, 2016, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2016, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 376–390.
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Tarasenko, V.F., Baksht, E.K., Beloplotov, D.V. et al. Amplitude−temporal characteristics of a supershort avalanche electron beam generated during subnanosecond breakdown in air and nitrogen. Plasma Phys. Rep. 42, 369–381 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X16040085
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