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Some performances of an excimer discharge at the formative stage are calculated and compared to the experimental results obtained in a XeCl* laser device with a pin cathode without external preionization. We present a simplified discharge model for exploring the process of the preionization generated by the coronas in the cathode pin region.
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Letardi, T., Bollanti, S., Di Lazzaro, P. et al. Study of self-preionized XeCl* electron-avalanched discharges. Il Nuovo Cimento D 13, 1387–1398 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02457127
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