A method for preliminary treatment of electrodes by a microsecond low-energy intense electron beam is proposed. It has been demonstrated that such a beam melts off the electrode surface and cleans the surface layers from impurities and dissolved gases. In combination with subsequent conditioning of the vacuum gap with low-current pulsed discharges, high breakdown electric fields can be attained.>
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Batrakov et al. (1995) studied this question.