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Project information
Statistical dilemma of electron avalanches

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Project Identification
GA202/07/1207
Project Period
1/2007 - 12/2009
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Czech Science Foundation
  • Standard Projects
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Science
Keywords
Electron avalanches, barrier microdischarges, fractal Pareto statistics
Cooperating Organization
Brno University of Technology
  • Responsible person Doc. RNDr. Tomáš Ficker, DrSc.

The project is aimed at solving long-lasted problems with peculiar statistical behaviour of high populated electron avalanches. These avalanches are precursors of streamer discharges in gasses. The present streamer theory fails in explaining their severe systematic deviations from the Furry statistics that is believed to be their governing statistical law. Such a deviated behaviour of pre-streamer avalanches seems to be a consequence of a special breakdown mechanism that is rather different from those known so far in discharge physics. The project tends towards formulating a new theoretical concept amending and extending the streamer theory. Correctness of the concept is corroborated by the series of experiments and the practical utilisation may be envisaged in the field of the non-destructive testing of high voltage components as well as in technical designs of discharge-based industrial products.

Publications

Total number of publications: 6

2009

2008

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