Proof and analysis of the pendulum motion of beam electrons in a hollow cathode discharge

Authors
Stockhausen, G Kock, M
Citation
G. Stockhausen et M. Kock, Proof and analysis of the pendulum motion of beam electrons in a hollow cathode discharge, J PHYS D, 34(11), 2001, pp. 1683-1689
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00223727 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1683 - 1689
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3727(20010607)34:11<1683:PAAOTP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The pendulum motion of electrons in a hollow cathode discharge accelerated in the cathode fall is demonstrated with the use of a femtosecond laser pul se and the so-called fast optogalvanic effect. The signals are described qu antitatively using a Monte Carlo model for various pressure and current lev els. As a result the discharge can be described by the model from start-up to high-current operation.