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Investigation of the Influence of Overvoltage, Auxiliary Glow Current and Relaxation Time on the Electrical Breakdown Time Delay Distributions in Neon
Author(s) -
Maluckov Č. A.,
Karamarković J. P.,
Radović M. K.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.200510012
Subject(s) - neon , convolution (computer science) , overvoltage , exponential function , gaussian , relaxation (psychology) , materials science , physics , statistical physics , mathematics , mechanics , atomic physics , voltage , mathematical analysis , computer science , quantum mechanics , psychology , social psychology , machine learning , argon , artificial neural network
Results of the statistical analysis of the electrical breakdown time delay for neon‐filled tube at 13.3 mbar are presented in this paper. Experimental distributions of the breakdown time delay were established on the basis of 200 successive and independent measurements, for different overvoltages, relaxation times and auxiliary glows. Obtained experimental distributions deviate from usual exponential distribution. Breakdown time delay distributions are numerically generated, usingMonte‐Carlo method, as the compositions of the two independent random variables with an exponential and a Gaussian distribution. Theoretical breakdown time delay distribution is obtained from the convolution of the exponential and Gaussian distribution. Performed analysis shows that the crucial parameter that determines the complex structure of time delay is the overvoltage and if it is of the order of few percentage, then distribution of time delay must be treated as an convolution of two random variables. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)