On the Electric Breakdown in Liquid Argon at Centimeter Scale

We present a study on the dependence of electric breakdown discharge properties on electrode geometry and the breakdown field in liquid argon near its boiling point. The measurements were performed with a spherical cathode and a planar anode at distances ranging from 0.1 mm to 10.0 mm. A detailed study of the time evolution of the breakdown volt-ampere characteristics was performed for the first time. It revealed a slow streamer development phase in the discharge. The results of a spectroscopic study of the visible light emission of the breakdowns complement the measurements. The light emission from the initial phase of the discharge is attributed to electro-luminescence of liquid argon following a current of drifting electrons. These results contribute to set benchmarks for breakdown-safe design of ionization detectors, such as Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LAr TPC).

A study of the residual ionization in a gas with reference to temperature effects ...

"Reprinted from the Physical review, n. s., vol. XVI, no. 4, October, 1920."

Ionization phenomena in gases.

Includes bibliography.

Ionization nonequilibrium in expanding flows,

"This report is based on research sponsored by the Rome Air Development Center of the Air Research and Development Command under Contract AF 30(602)-2267."

Ionization nonequilibrium effects on the magnetogasdynamic interaction in the stagnation region of an axisymmetric blunt body.

"ASD-TDR-62-1078. Contract no. AF33(616)-8055."

Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts.

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Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts.

Edited by William and Robert Chambers.

Chambers's pocket miscellany.

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The new encyclopaedia; or, Modern universal dictionary of arts and sciences. On a new and improved plan. In which all the ... sciences are arranged into complete systems, the arts digested into distinct treatises, and philosophical subjects introduced in separate dissertations ... Including all the material information that is contained in Chambers's Cyclopaedia, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the French Encyclopedie ...

First published in 1788 (?) under title: The new royal encyclopaedia.

Chambers's Edinburgh journal.

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Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people.

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