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Pseudospark ion diodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

W. Bauer ,
A. Brandelik ,
A. Citron ,
H. Ehrler ,
E. Halter ,
G. Melchior ,
K. Mittag ,
A. Rogner  and
C. Schultheiss
W. Bauer
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
A. Brandelik
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
A. Citron
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
H. Ehrler
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
E. Halter
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
G. Melchior
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
K. Mittag
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
A. Rogner
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
C. Schultheiss
Affiliation:
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, D-7500 Karlsruhe Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

The Pseudospark is an axially symmetric, high-voltage gas discharge operating at pressures below 100 Pa. It is capable of producing pinched high current ion beams. Streak camera photographs of the operation of this discharge reveal that a pinch with a diameter of ∼1 mm occurs in the diode. The beam then expands to about 1 to 10 mm in a distance of 12 cm. The beam-target interaction shows a UV-emitting plasma corresponding to protons with a main energy of 100 keV and a current density of about 16 kA/cm2. Initial theoretical results for the pseudospark are given.

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1987 , pp. 581 - 587
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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