
%0 Journal Article
%A Butler, LA 
%T A Calculation of Sphere?Plane Fields with Applications to Dielectric Breakdown
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1967/04/01
%V 20
%N 2
%P 117-126
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH670117
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH670117 
%X The method of images is used to compute the field between a charged sphere and an earthed plane. From this field distribution the electrical conductivity of a sphere-plane system and also the temperature distribution during thermal breakdown are determined for ranges of geometrical and electrical parameters. Heat-sink efficiencies of the electrodes are included in the calculation, and an experimental method for assessing these is proposed. 
