High-pressure pulsed avalanche discharges: formulas for required preionization density and rate for homogeneity

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-88

  Brenning, Nils ^a   Axnäs, Ingvar ^a   Olof Nilsson, J ^a   Eninger, Jan E ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; GASES; IONIZATION; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AVALANCHE DISCHARGES; PREIONIZATION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0031073787     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.557489     Document Type: Article

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