Abstract
AbstractBehavior of the electron swarm at the starting condition of the self‐sustaining discharge depending on p0d is investigated in Ne and Ar by using a Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). The calculations are performed under the E/p0 and p0d conditions including the Paschen minimum, which was obtained from the experiment by Penning and Addink. From the result it is found that the energy nonequilibrium region spread over almost the gap space in particular near the Paschen minimum. Thus, we proposed the improved description for the formula of Townsend's self‐sustaining condition. The calculated result allows that the starting conditions of the self‐sustained discharge in Ne and Ar would be applicable to Engel's theory. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 140(4): 9–16, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.10001
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