Marija Radmilović-Radjenović and Branislav Radjenović 2006 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 3002 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/39/14/019
Marija Radmilović-Radjenović1,3 and Branislav Radjenović2
Show affiliationsThis paper presents a simple phenomenological model and detailed simulation studies of the breakdown of a gas under the simultaneous action of electric and magnetic fields. In deriving expressions for the breakdown voltage variations of both the ionization coefficient and the secondary electron yield in a magnetic field are taken into account. Calculations were carried out by using the XOOPIC code with the old and the improved secondary emission models adjusted to involve the influence of the magnetic field on the secondary electron production. It was shown that the incorporation of the variation of the secondary electron yield with magnetic field leads to the better agreement with existing experimental results.
Issue 14 (21 July 2006)
Received 6 February 2006, in final form 21 April 2006
Published 30 June 2006
Marija Radmilović-Radjenović and Branislav Radjenović 2006 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 3002
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