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Negative ions in Trichel corona in air

1977; Institute of Physics; Volume: 10; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0022-3727/10/7/006

1361-6463

P S Gardiner, J D Craggs,

Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena

The negative ions formed in Trichel corona in air (10-30 Torr pressure) have been identified and their times of flight in the corona gap measured. It is confirmed that the Trichel pulse frequency, at or near threshold, involves a full transit of the negative-ion space-charge layer.