Particle-in-cell simulation of Trichel pulses in pure oxygen

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4552-4560

  Soria Hoyo, C ^a   Pontiga, F ^a   Castellanos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON EMISSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;

CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; CURRENT INTENSITY; SPHERE-TO-PLANE GEOMETRY; TRICHEL PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 34547442885     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/15/027     Document Type: Article

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