Luminous layers in the prebreakdown region of low pressure noble gases
- 14 August 1982
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 15 (8), 1411-1418
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/15/8/012
Abstract
The spatial distribution of luminous layers first observed by Holst and Oosterhuis (1921) in low pressure neon in plane-parallel gaps with prebreakdown currents has been calculated by a Monte Carlo simulation technique for He, Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe. Some examples of the calculated density distribution of excited atoms as a function of distance from the cathode are presented, and the conditions necessary for observing the luminous layers are given.Keywords
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