On the Nature of Silent Electric Discharge

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The current pulses produced by the silent electric discharge of an ozonizer tube were measured by a cathoderay oscillograph as well as by a milliammeter with filter and rectifier, and from comparison of these two series of results, the following conclusions were attained. (1) The wave form of each pulse consists of two parts, the peak rush of current at the head and the smooth tail following the former. There is a reason to infer that the rushing part is due to electrons and the smooth part to positive ions produced by electrons in the space. (2) The measured average value of the rushing current is just one half of the total current, hence the electron current must be equal to the ion current. (3) If we assume that the discharge dies away at the stage of electron avalanche, the calculation does not agree with the observation. On the other hand, if we assume the discharge develops at least up to the stage of streamer, the observed results can be well explained.
社団法人日本物理学会の論文
1955-11-05