Breakdown Process of Neon at Low Pressure in a Longitudinal Magnetic Field

Abstract

We measured the formative time lag of breakdown of Neon at low pressure over the range from 0 to 700 gousses of the magnetic field parallel to the applied electric field, and found that the time lag decreased with magnetic field intensity increasing. This result was in good agreement with the theory given by Mitani and Kubo considering the decreasing of diffusion loss of electrons by magnetic field.