New Hollow Cathode Glow Discharge
- 1 May 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 30 (5), 711-719
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1735220
Abstract
An experimental study has been made of the properties and characteristics of a glow discharge to a nearly spherical hollow cathode. Current densities in excess of 0.5 amp/cm2 can be drawn from the cathode with negligible deterioration from sputtering. In neon, the discharge exhibits a stable and reproducible negative volt‐ampere characteristic at currents of a few milliamperes. At these currents, probe measurements indicate the plasma in the hollow contains ∼1‐v electrons in concentrations greater than 1013/cm3.Keywords
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