Streamer radius model and its assessment using two-dimensional models

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1348-1358

  Guo, Jing Ming ^a   Wu, Chwan Hwa John ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IONIZATION CHANNEL; STREAMER DEVELOPMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODELS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0030383610     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.553200     Document Type: Article

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