Focal spot size dependence of gas breakdown induced by particulate ionization
- 15 April 1973
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 22 (8), 409-410
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654693
Abstract
The anomalous focal spot size dependence of breakdown threshold reported recently by Smith is interpreted as arising from the use of particulate contaminants as a source of ``preionizing'' microscopic plasmas in those experiments.Keywords
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