Positive- and negative-pulsed streamer discharges generated by a 100-ns pulsed-power in atmospheric air

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4 III, 2007, Pages 1098-1103

  Wang, Douyan ^a   Jikuya, Manabu ^a   Yoshida, Seishi ^a   Namihira, Takao ^a   Katsuki, Sunao ^a   Akiyama, Hidenori ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure air; Coaxial electrode; Electric field; Nanosecond pulse; Propagation velocity; Pulsed streamer discharge; Streamer onset

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PLASMAS; STREAK CAMERAS;

BLUMLEIN GENERATOR; COAXIAL ELECTRODE; STREAMER DISCHARGES; STREAMER ONSET;

ELECTRIC SPARKS;

EID: 34548262273     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.902132     Document Type: Article

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