Frictional discharge plasma from natural semiconductor/insulator junctions: Origin of seismo-electromagnetic radiation

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 4-9, 2006, Pages 346-351

  Muto, Jun ^a   Nagahama, Hiroyuki ^a   Miura, Takashi ^b   Arakawa, Ichiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asperity; Frictional discharge plasma; Pin on disk method; Plasma process; Seismo electromagnetic radiation; Semiconductor insulator junction

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FRICTION; PHOTONS; PRESSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

FRICTIONAL DISCHARGE PLASMA; GAS PRESSURE; PHOTON EMISSION; SEISMO-ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION;

PLASMAS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FAULT ZONE; PLASMA; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33744904734     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.02.040     Document Type: Article

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