Physics and Applications of Pseudosparks

Devices and Related Properties.- The Properties of the Pseudospark Discharge.- Review of Superdense Glow Discharge.- Basic Mechanisms Contributing to the Hollow Cathode Effect.- Cathode-Related Processes in High-Current Density, Low Pressure Glow Discharges.- Comparison of Electrode Effects in High-Pressure and Low-Pressure Gas Discharges Like Spark-Gap and Pseudospark.- Experimental Review.- Mapping and Modeling of the Cathode Fall and Negative Glow Regions.- Emission Spectroscopy in Optically Thick Gas Discharges.- An Analysis of the High Current Glow Discharge Operation of the BLT Switch.- Laser-Induced Fluorescence Measurements of Number Densities of Neutral and Ionized Metal Atoms.- Streamers in Atmospheric Pressure N2: Empirical Results.- Theoretical Modeling.- The Solution of the Continuity Equations in Ionization and Plasma Growth.- Scaling Parameters for Optically Triggered Hollow Cathode Switches Obtained by Computer Simulation.- A Physical Model of Prebreakdown in the Hollow Cathode Pseudospark Discharge Based on Numerical Simulations.- Self-Consistent Models of DC and Transient Glow Discharges.- Weak Collisions in Strong Double Layers.- The Effect of Pendel Electrons on Breakdown and Sustainment of a Hollow Cathode Discharge.- A Two-Electron-Group Model for a High Current Pseudospark or Back- Lighted Thyratron Plasma.- Electron Ionization Rate Coefficients at Very High E/N.- New Applications.- Plasma-Based Device Concepts Based on the Pseudospark and BLT.- Emittance Measurement of a Pseudospark-Produced Electron Beam.- New Ways of Electron Emission for Power Switching and Electron Beam Generation.