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Gaseous Electronics
1st Edition - August 28, 1978
Editor: Merle Hirsh
Language: English
eBook ISBN:9780323140959
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Gaseous Electronics, Volume I: Electrical Discharges deals with the intelligent application of gaseous electronics principles and devices to a variety of practical problems, with…Read more
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Gaseous Electronics, Volume I: Electrical Discharges deals with the intelligent application of gaseous electronics principles and devices to a variety of practical problems, with emphasis on electrical discharges. This text consists of seven chapters and begins with a discussion on the short history of gaseous electronics. The discussion then turns to the behavior of glow discharges when the applied voltage is direct current or low-frequency alternating current. The applications of cataphoresis, including gas purification, and the effects of cataphoresis on gas lasers are considered. The chapters that follow explore high-frequency and microwave discharges; corona discharges; arcs and torches; and plasmas generated by electron beams and shock waves. These treatments of various kinds of discharge include macroscopic manifestations, such as I-V characteristics and qualitative phenomena, as well as descriptions of the underlying phenomena in terms of microscopic processes. This book is intended for research students and practitioners of electronics and electrical engineering as well as physics.
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 A Short History of Gaseous Electronics
References
Chapter 2 Glow Discharges at DC and Low Frequencies
Part 2.1 Anatomy of the Discharge
I. General Remarks
II. Cathode Region
III. Positive Column
IV. Anode Region
References
Part 2.2 Ionization Waves in Glow Discharges
I. Introduction
II. Ranges of Occurrence
III. Methods of Observation and Measurements
IV. Analyses
V. Summary and Conclusions
References
Part 2.3 Nonuniformities in Glow Discharges: Electrophoresis
I. Terminology
II. Theory
III. Recent Results
IV. Electrophoretic Effects
References
Part 2.4 Nonuniformities in Glow Discharges: Cataphoresis
I. Introduction
II. Theory
III. Experimental Techniques
IV. Recent Results
V. Retrograde Cataphoresis
VI. Applications
References
Chapter 3 High Frequency and Microwave Discharges
I. Introduction
II. Breakdown
III. Maintaining and Steady State Discharges
IV. Microwave Gas-Discharge Applications
References
Chapter 4 Corona Discharges
I. Introduction
II. Onset of the Corona Discharge
III. Continuous Glow Discharge
IV. Transient Corona
V. Alternating Voltage Corona Discharge
VI. Corona Discharges in Long Air Gaps
References
Chapter 5 Electric Arcs and Arc Gas Heaters
I. Introduction
II. Physics of Electric Arcs
III. Arc Gas Heaters and Plasma Torches
References
Chapter 6 Relativistic Electron Beam Produced Plasmas
I. Introduction
II. Pulsed Power Technology as Applied to REB Accelerators
III. Diode Phenomenology
IV. Intense Beam Injection into Neutral Gases
V. Beam Interaction with Plasma
VI. Beam Interaction with Solid Targets
VII. Other Applications of Intense Pulsed REBs
VIII. Conclusion
References
Chapter 7 Shock Induced Plasmas
I. Introduction
II. Some Characteristic Properties of Shock Waves
III. Experimental Methods
IV. Plasma Heating and Plasma Behavior in Theta Pinches