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On a photoelectric theory of sparking potentials

Year: 1928

Type: article

Abstract: In recent papers (1) a new photoelectric theory of sparking potentials was put forward, in which it was assumed that no ionisation by collision of the positive ions against the gas molecules or atoms is produced, but that the additional ionisation required for the initiation of the self-sustained electric discharge is to be found in the photoelectric effect at the cathode surface of the radiation accompanying the neutralisation of the positive ions there. According to this theory, the sparking potential vc is a function of the photoelectric emissivity of the cathode for those radiations accompanying the neutralisation of the positive ions at the cathode.

Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character

DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1928.0013

Author: James Taylor

Institution: Utrecht University

Language: English

Topic: Vacuum and Plasma Arcs

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2076194189

FWCI: 1.336

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