Production of chemically active species in the air by a single positive streamer in a nonuniform field

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 439-446

  Kulikovsky, Andrei A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Plasma cleaning; Streamer breakdown; Streamer corona

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; MOLECULES; PLASMA SIMULATION;

CHEMICALLY ACTIVE SPECIES; NONUNIFORM FIELD; PLASMA CLEANING; SINGLE POSITIVE STREAMER;

ELECTRIC CORONA;

EID: 0031163703     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.597258     Document Type: Article

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