
%0 Journal Article
%A Fletcher, J 
%A Walsh, TI 
%T Secondary Ionization Mechanisms in an E × B Discharge in Hydrogen
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1973/12/01
%V 26
%N 6
%P 761-770
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH730761
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH730761 
%X A study of the secondary ionization mechanisms operative in an Ex B Townsend discharge in hydrogen has been made by investigating the formative time lag to electrical breakdown in such discharges. Comparison of the experimental data with predictions from a theoretical model enables the secondary mechanisms to be distinguished and their separate contributions to be estimated. The results so obtained are compared with those derived from the equivalent pressure concept. 
