Analytical model of positive streamer in weak field in air: Application to plasma chemical calculations

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1339-1346

  Kulikovsky, Andrei A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Plasma cleaning; Streamer breakdown; Streamer corona

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

PLASMA CLEANING; POSITIVE STREAMERS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0032141542     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725167     Document Type: Article

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