Energy relaxation in a vacuum capacitor-resistor circuit: measurement of multiple decays with divergent time constants

The decay of the electrical energy in a resistor-vacuum capacitor circuit is shown to involve multiple relaxation processes, with dramatically different time constants. This is measured using a vacuum capacitor to eliminate the effect of a dielectric between the plates (polypropylene capacitors are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frank V. Kowalski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2024-03-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0190681