Abstract
The authors discuss the instabilities of an externally maintained discharge since they limit the maximum current and voltage on the discharge gap. Instability can develop only through step by step ionization, and the calculated and measured times of development of instability are close for E/N 3.5 x 10/sup -16/ V x cm/sup 2/. The considerable discrepancies at lower values of the ratio E/N were explained by neglect of the field nonuniformity. Increased energy release can also occur due to the higher discharge current density where the local current density of electron emission from the cathode is greater.
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