1970/02/01 by Paul Murgatroyd · 3 citations
Engineering · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · #Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics #Power Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation #Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods #Current (fluid) #Space charge #Trap (plumbing) #Electric field #Physics #Reduction (mathematics) #Charge (physics) #Voltage #Space (punctuation) #Condensed matter physics #Quantum electrodynamics #Atomic physics #Quantum mechanics #Mathematics #Geometry #Computer science #Electron
paper · doi:10.1088/0022-3727/3/2/308
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The theory of space-charge-limited current controlled by a single set of shallow traps is extended to allow for the reduction of the effective trap depth caused by high electric fields. This reduction, the Frenkel effect, may become appreciable in fields of a few kilovolts per centimetre. A current-voltage characteristic is given which, though following the Mott-Gurney Law at low fields, predicts much greater currents than given by this law at high fields.