Über den Gleichspannungsdurchschlag im Ultrahochvakuum

DC-breakdowns with arc-conditioned electrodes in vapour-free vacuum have been investigated with high temporal resolution. The breakdowns started always with a cathode flare, the ignition voltage of which was strongly correlated with prebreakdown field emission. The temporal development of gap plasma, discharge current and gap voltage during the breakdowns could be satisfactorily explained by the models of explosive electron emission and space-charge limited diode conduction. No change of mechanism was observed with gap distances up to 6 mm and voltages up to 120 kV. Generally the resistance of the discharge channel became low enough for a transition to the arc stage. However, in a few cases a self-limitation of the discharge occurred due to starvation of the material transfer from the cathode. At higher gap distances the surrounding walls had a distinct influence on the ignition of the discharges.     

Über mögliche Grenzen einer Gravitationstheorie

On Possible Limits of a Gravitation Theory This work intends to answer the question why gravitational phenomena are described just by a theory which make use of a Riemannian metric tensor that has to be a solution of the known Einstein equations. The answer is thought of as a link from Maupertuis's principle to Einstein's equations, which appear as a transformed integrability condition. The metric tensor is first formally introduced and direction dependent (a Finslerian one) and then reduced to a Riemannian one by means of the condition of local Lorentz invariance. The construction seems to show that the gravity concept could not have a sense at the atomic level as a consequence of the central role which plays the particle-motion in the whole.