Anode and Cathode Spots in High-Voltage Nanosecond-Pulse Discharge Initiated by Runaway Electrons in Air
SHAO Tao1,2**, Victor F. Tarasenko3,4, YANG Wen-jin1,2, Dmitry V. Beloplotov3,4, ZHANG Cheng1,2, Mikhail I. Lomaev3,4, YAN Ping1,2, Dmitry A. Sorokin3
1Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 2Key Laboratory of Power Electronics and Electric Drive, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 3Institute of High Current Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634055, Russia 4National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634055, Russia
Abstract：We report the experimental results with nanosecond-pulse discharges formed in the air gap between a flat electrode and a sharp electrode. The appearance of anode and cathode spots on the electrodes is studied experimentally. It is considered that bright spots on the flat cathode with positive polarity of the sharp electrode are formed due to the explosive electron emission on the cathode and the dynamic displacement current in the gap. It is also shown that with negative polarity of the sharp electrode, bright spots on the flat anode are formed after changing the polarity of the flat electrode due to the discharge oscillatory mode. Under these conditions, the explosive electron emission firstly forms on the sharp cathode. With negative polarity of the sharp electrode of the subnanosecond-pulse pulser, the runaway electron beam current is measured behind the anode foil with a time resolution of no more than 100 ps.
. [J]. 中国物理快报, 2014, 31(08): 85201-085201.
SHAO Tao, Victor F. Tarasenko, YANG Wen-jin, Dmitry V. Beloplotov, ZHANG Cheng, Mikhail I. Lomaev, YAN Ping, Dmitry A. Sorokin. Anode and Cathode Spots in High-Voltage Nanosecond-Pulse Discharge Initiated by Runaway Electrons in Air. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2014, 31(08): 85201-085201.
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