Numerical simulations and conformal analysis of growing and branching negative discharge streamers

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 260-261

  Montijn, Carolynne ^a   Meulenbroek, Bernard ^a   Ebert, Ute ^a,b   Hundsdorfer, Willem ^a  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Local grid refinement; Minimal streamer model; Moving boundary approximation; Negative streamers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON EQUATION;

DISCHARGE STREAMERS; LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT; MINIMAL STREAMER MODEL; MOVING BOUNDARY APPROXIMATION; NEGATIVE STREAMERS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 18844460139     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.845951     Document Type: Article

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