2016/12/20 by R. Massarczyk, P. Chu, S. R. Elliott +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1748-0221/12/06/p06019
published as Journal of Instrumentation 12(06) 2017
arxiv created 2016/12/20 · arxiv updated 2018/01/31
The break-through voltage over small gaps has been investigated for differing gap distances, gas pressures, and gas temperatures in nitrogen, neon, argon and xenon gases. A deviation from Paschen's law at micro gap distances has been found. The breakthrough behavior of the fill gas in colder environments was tested as well. A significant shift of the curve relative to the results at room temperature was observed. The results can be explained by combining Paschen's law and the ideal gas law.