THE RAETHER LIMIT

RAETHER, H.

Die Entwicklung der Elektronenlawine in den Funkenkanal.

Berlin, Springer, 1939. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 112, 1939. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper. Fine and clean. Pp. 464-489. [Entire volume: VIII, 772 pp.].

First appearance of Raether's paper in which he presented his theory of discharge - the first based on experimental observation - including what later was to be known as the Raether limit; the physical limiting value of the multiplication factor (M) or gas gain in an ionization avalanche process.

Order-nr.: 49266