This report summarizes the present knowledge on discharges in micropattern and small gap gaseous detectors and the physical mechanisms involved. These include the space-charge (Raether's) limit, rate-induced breakdown, cathode excitation effect and electron emission from the cathodes in the form of jets, inter-GEM breakdown in multistep configurations and finally surface streamers.
@article{arxiv.0911.0463,
title = {Research on discharges in micropattern and small gap gaseous detectors},
author = {V. Peskov and P. Fonte},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0463},
year = {2009}
}
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This report was written in the framework of the RD51 collaboration