Space charge effects in dielectrics

OCT 01, 1962

George H. Heilmeier

Peter J. Warter

A conference to discuss space‐charge effects in dielectrics was held in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., on June 13, 14, and 15, 1962. Such a conference was originally proposed by Marvin Silver of the Office of Army Research (Durham) and Abraham Many of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A committee consisting of Many, Silver, David Fox, Albert Rose, Fritz Stöckmann, and George Warfield was formed to help in selecting the papers and planning the details of the meeting.

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George H. Heilmeier, David Sarnoff Research Center, RCA Laboratories.

Peter J. Warter, Princeton University.

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