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Stationary and stable open discharges are obtained in air, helium, and helium with an admixture of a few percent of air. The structure of the generator of an electron beam with a wide set of cathode and insulator materials is described. The experiments are performed under an air pressure of hundreds of pascals and under a helium pressure of thousands of pascals. The current-voltage characteristics of the discharge are measured and the results on the maximal current density attained are compared with the available data.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Bobrov, V.S. Voiteshonok, A.I. Golovin, M.M. Golubev, B.N. Lomakin, A.V. Turkin, A.I. Shloydo, 2013, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2013, Vol. 83, No. 8, pp. 121–126.
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Bobrov, V.A., Voiteshonok, V.S., Golovin, A.I. et al. Analysis of continuous generation of electron beams in medium-pressure gases. Tech. Phys. 58, 1205–1210 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784213080069
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