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Townsend Avalanche

Townsend Avalanche is an electron multiplication process in which a single free electron, under a strong electric field in a gas-filled detector, triggers a cascading ionization of gas atoms, thereby generating a detectable pulse of electrons that amplifies the original ionizing event in a proportional counter.

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Mechanisms controlling the transition from glow silent discharge to streamer discharge in nitrogen

Nicolas Ghérardi, F. Massines · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science · 2001 · 219 citations

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The development of electron avalanches in argon at high E/N values. I. Monte Carlo simulation

Yosuke Sakai, Hiroaki Tagashira, S. Sakamoto · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics · 1977 · 146 citations

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Development of overvoltage breakdown at high gas pressure

E. E. Kunhardt, W. W. Byszewski · Physical review. A, General physics · 1980 · 128 citations

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PULSED NANOSECOND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES IN GASES

G. A. Mesyats, Yu. I. Bychkov, V. V. Kremnev · Soviet Physics Uspekhi · 1972 · 105 citations

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Ultraviolet Photons in the Decay of Metastable Argon Atoms

L. Colli · Physical Review · 1954 · 75 citations

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  1. AL
    Allen L. Garner

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    5 publications · 169 citations

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    Amanda M. Loveless

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    5 publications · 169 citations

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  3. AL
    A. L. Ward

    Adelphi Laboratory Center, United States

    4 publications · 89 citations

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  4. LC
    L. Colli

    University of Milan, Italy

    3 publications · 121 citations

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    Kejing Wang

    Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, China

    2 publications · 87 citations

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  1. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    363 citations

  2. Xi'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, China

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    535 citations

  3. Hokkaido University

    Sapporo, Japan

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    603 citations

  4. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    315 citations

  5. United States Naval Research Laboratory

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  6. Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    256 citations

  7. Leipzig University

    Leipzig, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  8. Japan Radioisotope Association

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    72 citations

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  1. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

    7 publications · 392 citations

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  2. Physical Review

    6 publications · 250 citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Physics

    4 publications · 62 citations

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  4. Physics of Plasmas

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  5. Nuclear Fusion

    2 publications · 46 citations

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