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TECHNICAL PHYSICS
Volume 45, Issue 6, Pages 727-731Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1134/1.1259709
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Breakdown of inert gases in a homogeneous dc electric field is studied experimentally and theoretically at various distances L between the electrodes and radii R of the discharge tubes. It is shown that, for arbitrary geometric dimensions of the discharge chamber and cathode materials, the ratio of the breakdown electric field strength to the gas pressure holds constant at the breakdown curve minimum. A modified Paschen law is obtained, according to which the breakdown voltage is a function of both the product of the gas pressure by the distance L and the ratio L/R. (C) 2000 MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.
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