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The pseudospark discharge is a special form of hollow cathode discharge at pressures around 30 Pa, voltages between 1 and 400 kV, and typically 1 to 5 cm gap between anode and cathode. It promises applications in fast high power switches, in well pinched high intensity pulsed electron beams, as well as in point-like X-ray sources1 2 3.
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Mittag, K. (1990). A Physical Model of Prebreakdown in the Hollow Cathode Pseudospark Discharge Based on Numerical Simulations. In: Gundersen, M.A., Schaefer, G. (eds) Physics and Applications of Pseudosparks. NATO ASI Series, vol 219. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3786-1_13
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