E. V. Oreshkin, S. A. Barengol'ts, A. V. Oginov, V. I. Oreshkin, S. A. Chaikovskii, K. V. Shpakov, “Bremsstrahlung radiation from high-energy electrons in wide gas-filled gaps”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2011, Volume 37, Issue 12,Pages <nobr>80

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Bremsstrahlung radiation from high-energy electrons in wide gas-filled gaps

E. V. Oreshkin^ab, S. A. Barengol'ts^ab, A. V. Oginov^ab, V. I. Oreshkin^ab, S. A. Chaikovskii^ab, K. V. Shpakov^ab

^a P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk

Abstract: Electric discharge in wide interelectrode gaps filled with air at atmospheric pressure have been experimentally studied using applied voltage pulses with amplitudes up to 800 kV and a front width within 150–200 ns. The discharge was accompanied by the emission of a 10–20-ns-long pulse of radiation with photon energies above 5 keV. It is established that this emission is related to the generation of runaway electrons from the heads of anode-directed streamers. The calculated spectrum of the observed bremsstrahlung radiation exhibits a maximum at photon energies about 15 kV, which is due to the absorption of photons by the molecules of a gas in which the discharge takes place.

Received: 28.12.2010