Effects of photoionization on similarity properties of streamers at various pressures in air

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-334

  Liu, N ^a   Pasko, V P ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUENCHING;

PHOTOIONIZING RADIATION; STREAMERS; THINNER CHANNELS;

PHOTOIONIZATION;

EID: 32644446640     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/2/013     Document Type: Article

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