ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTORS AROUND A METALLIC, END-CAPPED CYLINDER

Abstract

We have calculated the electric field enhancement factor for a metallic cylinder with a hemispherical end-cap in a plane capacitor geometry paying particular attention to the dependence of the field enhancement factor on the anode distance. In addition, we have investigated the angular dependence of the local field at the end-cap. The numerical results, which cover a range of different ratios of cylinder lengths and anode distances, can be fitted with simple functional expressions which provide a useful scaling for calculations of field emission currents from closed cap carbon nanotubes or nanowires.