Microwave generation of stable atmospheric-pressure fireballs in air

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Stephan, Karl D ^a,b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS;

BALL LIGHTNING; FIREBALLS; MICROWAVE PLASMA;

MICROWAVE GENERATION;

EID: 33751071061     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.055401     Document Type: Article

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