Convolution based model of breakdown voltage distributions in neon at 1.33 mbar with corona appearance in pre-breakdown regime

Experimental and theoretical breakdown voltage distributions in the gas diode filled with neon are presented in this paper. Linearly increasing voltage was applied to the diode with the voltage increasing ratio k in range from 0.3 V/s up to 26 kV/s. The theoretical model - statistical model is based on convolution of the statistical and formative time delay. The statistical model nicely reproduce the experimentally determined the breakdown voltage distributions, especially good for description of the "left tail" of breakdown distributions which are not properly interpreted before. The presence of the "left tail" of the distributions indicates that the formative time delay distribution cannot be neglected in theoretical description of the breakdown voltage distributions.