The conditions required for the propagation of a cathode-directed positive streamer in air

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 331-337

  Allen, N L ^a   Ghaffar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001232068     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/28/2/016     Document Type: Article

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