Electron Avalanche

Electron Avalanche is an ionization process in which a free electron, under the influence of a strong electric field within a proportional counter, gains sufficient energy to ionize multiple gas atoms through successive collisions, thereby producing a rapidly multiplying cascade of secondary electrons that distinguishes it from single-ionization events.

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Ionization ProcessesProportional Counters

Publications

553

Cold-cathode discharges and breakdown in argon: surface and gas phase production of secondary electrons

A. V. Phelps, Zoran Petrović · Plasma Sources Science and Technology · 1999 · 891 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Electronic Materials +15

Surface flashover of insulators

H. Craig Miller · IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation · 1989 · 511 citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Physics +17

Theory for avalanche of runaway electrons in tokamaks

M. N. Rosenbluth, S. Putvinski · Nuclear Fusion · 1997 · 473 citations

Natural Sciences, Nuclear Engineering, Physics +17

Mechanism of pulsed surface flashover involving electron-stimulated desorption

R. A. Anderson, J. P. Brainard · Journal of Applied Physics · 1980 · 435 citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Physics +15

A Theory of Spark Discharge

J.M. Meek · Physical Review · 1940 · 375 citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Physics +12

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J. R. Dwyer
Florida Institute of Technology, United States
14 publications · 510 citations
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J.P.R. David
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
13 publications · 490 citations
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Chee Hing Tan
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
12 publications · 450 citations
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I. D. Kostyrya
Institute of High Current Electronics, Russia
11 publications · 554 citations
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G.J. Rees
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
10 publications · 224 citations
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Journal of Applied Physics
57 publications · 3.4K citations
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Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
30 publications · 1.6K citations
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IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
19 publications · 819 citations
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
20 publications · 831 citations
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
27 publications · 640 citations
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