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Multipactor in Low Pressure Gas and in ... - of Richard Udiljak

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Voltage (V)<br />

10 3<br />

10 2<br />

10 1<br />

10 −2<br />

Threshold curves <strong>in</strong> low pressure air (fd=1GHz ⋅ mm)<br />

<strong>Multipactor</strong> <strong>in</strong> air<br />

<strong>Multipactor</strong> <strong>in</strong> vacuum<br />

Corona <strong>in</strong> air<br />

10 −1<br />

10 0<br />

<strong>Pressure</strong> (Pa)<br />

Figure 3.2: Thresholds for multipactor <strong>and</strong> corona discharges <strong>in</strong> air as functions<br />

<strong>of</strong> pressure together with the multipactor vacuum threshold<br />

as a reference level. Parameters used are: σc = 6.9 × 10 −20 m 2 ,<br />

W1 = 23 eV, k = 2.5, N = 1, f × d =1 GHz·mm <strong>and</strong> d = 0.1 m.<br />

40<br />

10 1<br />

10 2

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