[en] An experiment was designed to study the temporal development of the afterglow of a high current arc discharge. Recovery of an extinguished arc discharge starts with a resistive phase in which the charged particle concentration is high. The duration of this period depends primarily on the recombination coefficient of the gas used but also on the gas pressure and dI/dt. Later the hot gas column behaves as a voltage-dependent resistor and finally as a dielectric gas. (author)
Source
Bakos, J.S.; Soerlei, Zsuzsa (eds.); Eoetvoes Lorand Fizikai Tarsulat, Budapest (Hungary); Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. Central Research Inst. for Physics; 606 p; ISBN 963 372 373 6; 
; Jun 1985; p. 792-794; Koezponti Fizikai Kutato Intezet; Budapest (Hungary); 17. International conference on phenomena in ionized gases; Budapest (Hungary); 8-12 Jul 1985; 3 refs.; 5 figs.
; Jun 1985; p. 792-794; Koezponti Fizikai Kutato Intezet; Budapest (Hungary); 17. International conference on phenomena in ionized gases; Budapest (Hungary); 8-12 Jul 1985; 3 refs.; 5 figs.