Recent content by Dan Haronian

The setup here is different than in a tube which Paschen's law refers to. V is the breakdown voltage between the two electrodes and d in p*d is the distance between the two electrodes. Yet, if we divide the two axis by d we get E as a function of p. E is the electric field at which breakdown...

Thank you drzoidberg, I thought of Paschen's law as well but I am not sure because of the abrupt collapse. It looks more like some kind of breakdown. In addition there is only one charged electrode. V in Paschen's law refers to the breakdown voltage between two electrodes. Still there is an...

Hi I am running the electroscope experiment in vacuum. This is shown in (a) in the uploaded figure . Once the aluminum leafs are charged the chamber is pump down (b). As soon the pressure decrease low enough (around relative pressure of 30 inHg) the leafs collapse to each other abruptly. Here...