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Spectral and Amplitude–Time Characteristics of the Cherenkov Radiation upon Excitation of Transparent Materials by an Electron Beam
The interest in studying characteristics of the Vavilov–Cherenkov radiation (VCR) increased in connection with works on creation of runaway electron (RE) detectors for tokamak type facilities. The survey prese...
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Vavilov–Cherenkov Radiation and Pulsed Cathodoluminescence in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Excited by a Subnanosecond Electron Beam
We have studied the spectral and amplitude–kinetics characteristics of emission from poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) excited by pulsed electron beams with particle energies up to 300 and 450 keV. Vavilov–Cher...
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Correction to: Yttrium Sesquioxide Ceramics Glow under Irradiation with an Electron Beam
To the article “Yttrium Sesquioxide Ceramics Glow under Irradiation with an Electron Beam,” by E. Kh. Baksht, M. V. Erofeev, V. F. Tarasenko, M. I. Solomonov, and V. A. Shitov, Vol. 63, No. 7, pp. 1150–1156, N...
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Yttrium Sesquioxide Ceramics Glow Under Irradiation with an Electron Beam
When various materials are used as radiators for Cherenkov detectors registering electron fluxes with energies of tens to hundreds of keV, cathodoluminescence negatively affects the useful signal. Therefore, i...
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Water Treatment with the Cold Plasma of a Diffuse Nanosecond Discharge in Air at Atmospheric Pressure
The treatment of wastewater with the atmospheric cold plasma is a promising method to purify it by means of neutralizing various toxic components. The degradation of an aqueous methylene blue solution used as ...
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Study of Pulsed Cathodoluminescence of Calcium, Barium, Lithium, and Magnesium Fluorides
Studies of the spectral and kinetic characteristics of CaF2, BaF2–Ce, LiF, LiF–W and MgF2 crystal glow irradiated by the electron beam with energy of 350 keV have been carried out. It has been shown that the cath...
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Pulsed X-Ray and Cathodoluminescence of Pure and Alloyed Zinc Selenide Single Crystals
The paper studies the amplitude and spectral-kinetic behavior of pulsed X-ray and cathodoluminescence of non-alloyed zinc selenide (ZnSe) single crystals and those alloyed by gallium, tellurium and samarium. A...
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Vavilov–Cherenkov Radiation in the Region 200–300 nm in the Earth’s Atmosphere
The results of the study of the radiation spectra of the Earth’s atmosphere in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible spectral regions are presented. The input window of the spectrometer was directed to the Sun or l...
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On the Influence of Electron Energy on Characteristics of the Cherenkov Radiation and Cathodoluminescence
A review of the results of investigations of the Cherenkov radiation (CR) and pulsed cathodoluminescence during irradiation of different crystals and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) with subnanosecond and nanose...
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Cherenkov Radiation in the Visible and Ultraviolet Spectral Ranges from 6-MeV Electrons Passing through a Quartz Plate
Cherenkov radiation and pulsed cathodoluminescence spectra in the ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared regions generated by a 6-MeV electron beam passing through GE-014 and KU1 quartz plates have been exper...
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Generators of diffuse plasma at atmospheric pressure
Devices that form low-temperature diffuse nanosecond-discharge plasma in a flow of various gases at the atmospheric pressure are described. To form diffuse plasma, negative voltage pulses with an amplitude of ...
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Dynamics of the spatial structure of pulsed discharges in dense gases in point cathode−plane anode gaps and their erosion effect on the plane electrode surface
The dynamics of the spatial structure of the plasma of pulsed discharges in air and nitrogen in a nonuniform electric field and their erosion effect on the plane anode surface were studied experimentally. It i...
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Modification of the Steel Surface Treated by a Volume Discharge Plasma in Nitrogen at Atmospheric Pressure
Effect of volume discharge plasma initiated by an avalanche electron beam on the composition, structure, and properties of the surface steel layer is investigated. Voltage pulses with incident wave amplitude u...
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Application of diffuse discharges of atmospheric pressure formed by runaway electrons for modification of copper and stainless steel surface
The results of studies devoted to the influence of a runaway electron pre-ionized diffuse discharge (REP DD) formed in air and nitrogen at atmospheric pressure on the surface of copper and stainless steel are ...
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Conditions for uniform impact of the plasma of a runaway-electron-induced pulsed diffuse discharge on an anode
The subject matters in this work are (i) the spatial structure of a volume (diffuse) discharge initiated in atmospheric-pressure air in a heavily nonuniform electric field by nanosecond voltage pulses and (ii)...
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Pulse-periodic generation of supershort avalanche electron beams and X-ray emission
Pulse-periodic generation of supershort avalanche electron beams (SAEBs) and X-ray emission in nitrogen, as well as the transition from a single-pulse mode to a pulse-periodic mode with a high repetition frequ...
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Inflections of spark leaders in elevated-pressure nanosecond gas discharges
The formation of spark leaders and a diffuse discharge due to the breakdown of gaps with a non-uniform electric field is studied in different elevated-pressure gases under the conditions of runaway electron be...
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Breakdown of gas gaps in a nonuniform electric field at a subnanosecond voltage pulse rise time
The influence of the nitrogen pressure on the breakdown voltage in a nonuniform electric field is studied. Voltage pulses with nanosecond and subnanosecond rise times are applied to the gas gap. Simultaneously...
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Generation of runaway electrons in a nonuniform electric field by applying nanosecond voltage pulses with a frequency of 100–1000 Hz
Generation of runaway electrons and X-ray radiation in helium and air under the action of a pulsed-periodic discharge in a nonuniform electric field is studied. Positive and negative voltage pulses with a repe...
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Two-component structure of the current pulse of a ranaway electron beam generated during electric breakdown of elevated-pressure nitrogen
Conditions are investigated at which two current pulses of ranaway electron beams are generated in elevated-pressure nitrogen during one voltage pulse. It is shown that the regime with two runaway electron bea...
