Electron Avalanche Statistics

• Authors: T. Ficker
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A solution of the long-lasting problem with anomalous population statistics of pre-streamer avalanches has been proposed in the form of a new generalized probability density function.

Keywords

EN

52.80.-s; 52.80.Dy; 52.80.Mg

Discipline

• 52.80.Dy: Low-field and Townsend discharges
• 52.80.-s: Electric discharges(see also 51.50.+v Electrical properties of gases; for plasma reactions including flowing afterglow and electric discharges, see 82.33.Xj in physical chemistry and chemical physics)
• 52.80.Mg: Arcs; sparks; lightning; atmospheric electricity(see also 92.60.Pw Atmospheric electricity, lightning in meteorology)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 116
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1018-1020

Dates

published

2009-12

received

2009-05-14

(unknown)

2009-08-11

(unknown)

2009-10-01

Contributors

author

T. Ficker

• Department of Physics, Brno University of Technology, Veveri 95, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.116.1018