Dynamics of positive and negative streamers in air in weak uniform electric fields

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-379

  Babaeva, Natalya Y ^a   Naidis, George V ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

STREAMERS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0031121005     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602514     Document Type: Article

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