On the breakdown potential of highly ionized gases

Summary

For practical applications of gas-discharge tubes their re-ignition characteristics are often required. The increase of the re-ignition potentialV _Bafter a previous discharge depends upon the rates of deionization and cooling of the discharge path during the time of repose τ. The author obtainedV _B−τ curves of TR-tubes by impulse voltage on a Braun-tube screen. He also made some numerical calculations and explained the characteristic feature of theV _B−τ curves as well as the breakdown process manifested therein.