Blatter, Alexander; Ereditato, Antonio; Janos, Stefan; Kreslo, Igor; Lüthi, Matthias; Rudolf von Rohr, Christoph; Schenk, Michael; Strauss, Thomas; Weber, Michael; Zeller, Marcel (2014). Experimental study of electric breakdowns in liquid argon at centimeter scale. Journal of instrumentation, 9(P040006), P04006-P04006. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.1088/1748-0221/9/04/P04006
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In this paper we present results on measurements of the dielectric strength of liquid argon near its boiling point and cathode-anode distances in the range of 0.1 mm to 40 mm with spherical cathode and plane anode. We show that at such distances the applied electric field at which breakdowns occur is as low as 40 kV/cm. Flash-overs across the ribbed dielectric of the high voltage feed-through are observed for a length of 300 mm starting from a voltage of 55 kV. These results contribute to set reference for the breakdown-free design of ionization detectors, such as Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LAr TPC).
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) 08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP) 04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Blatter, Alexander, Ereditato, Antonio, Janos, Stefan, Kreslo, Igor, Lüthi, Matthias (A), Rudolf von Rohr, Christoph, Schenk, Michael, Strauss, Thomas, Weber, Michele, Zeller, Marcel |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
1748-0221 |
Publisher: |
Institute of Physics Publishing IOP |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Jan Dirk Brinksma |
Date Deposited: |
04 Jun 2015 15:27 |
Last Modified: |
29 Mar 2023 23:34 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1088/1748-0221/9/04/P04006 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.68757 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/68757 |
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