Subnanosecond corona inception in an ultrawideband environment

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 1211-1214

  Mankowski, John ^a   Dickens, Jim ^a   Kristiansen, M ^a   Lehr, J ^b   Prather, W ^b   Gaudet, J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; PHOTOIONIZATION;

PHASE DISPERSION;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 0036627442     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801655     Document Type: Article

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