Experimental study of the reduction of field emission by gas injection in vacuum for accelerator applications
Physical Review Special Topics-accelerators and Beams(2014)
Abstract
Field emission current from surfaces under vacuum and at high field strengths can be reduced by the injection of gas into the evacuated volume. In this paper, the effects of H-2, He, N-2, and Ar on this "dark" current emitted from a tungsten carbide point cathode for 2 cm gap distance is studied. Exposure to any of these gases at pressures on the order of 10(-3)-10(-2) Pa was found to reduce the emission current by up to 90% with a time constant on the order of similar to 1 minute as compared to the current at 10(-6) Pa. The effect was strongly dependent on the gas nature, with Ar and N-2 having larger effects at lower pressures than He and H-2. The reduction was reversible, with the current increasing to near its original value with a time constant on the order of similar to 1-10 minutes after pumping down. The effect of the gas remained in the absence of electric field, whatever the gas pressure. Mechanisms for these and related phenomena are discussed.
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accelerator applications,field emission,vacuum,gas injection
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