摘要 |
The invention relates to a method for operating a high-pressure discharge lamp, in particular a high-pressure metal halide (metal halogenide) discharge lamp. The lamp is supplied with a medium-frequency alternating current component of between 10 kHz and 100 kHz, the frequency and shape of the alternating current component being selected in such a manner that resonances are generated which stand radially in the discharge medium, that is to say perpendicular with respect to the discharge gap (discharge path) and which are suppressed by the convection-induced bending of the discharge arc in the case of a horizontal operating position of the lamp. <IMAGE> |