DOI 10.17586/0021-3454-2017-60-4-359-366
UDC 537.52537.567 53.023
ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF AIR BY NANOSECOND PULSES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
Mozhaisky Military Space Academy, Department of Aerial-Feeder Transmitting Devices, St. Petersburg; Professor
T. O. Myslivtsev
A. F. Mozhaysky Military Space Academy, Department of Antenna Feeder and Transmitting Devices, St. Petersburg;
K. V. Bakursky
A. F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy, Department of Transmission, Antenna-Feeder Devices and Means for SEV; Senior Lecturer
V. M. Мoskalyev
A. F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy, Department of Transmission, Antenna-Feeder Devices and Means for SEV; Associate Professor
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Abstract. Dielectric toughness of air under the exposure to powerful electromagnetic pulses is evaluated with the use of results of theoretical and experimental studies of high-frequency and pulsed gas discharge. The main attention is paid to the impact of pulses of nanosecond duration. The results presented in the form of semi-empirical formulas and graphs are valid at atmospheric pressure below 10 Torr corresponding to altitudes of up to 30 km.
Keywords: freely localized gas discharge, similarity law, breakdown electric field strength, atmospheric pressure, plasma of discharge, critical electron concentration, pulse breakdown of air, Townsend theory, nanosecond pulse
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