Engineering Physics Annotation << Back GENERATION OF VACUUM ELECTRIC DISCHARGES IN ELECTRODE SYSTEMS WITH STRONGLY NONUNIFORM FIELD DISTRIBUTION A.P. DEMIN, E.A. ELISTRATOV, A.V. MOROZOV, S.P. MASLENNIKOV, N.N. NECHAEV, E.YA. SHKOLNIKOV, A.V. CHEBOTAREV The generation of pulsed discharges over the gas media pressure range from 2 kPa up to 20 kPa is studied. The discharge electric supply system made it possible to regulate parameters of voltage pulses applied to electrodes: the amplitude can be varied up to 120 kV, the pulse duration lies in the range 30-500 ns and the front duration equals 5-10 ns. The characteristic property of the electrode systems under consideration is their ability to create strongly non-uniform fields. The experiments have shown the discharge space structure is determined by the pressure in the chamber, the electrode system configuration and voltage pulse parameters. Keywords: Vacuum breakdown, pulsed discharge, pulse generator, electrode systems. E-mail: EYShkolnikov@mephi.ru