Nonthermal atmospheric RF plasma in 1-D spherical coordinates: A parametric study

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5 I, 2007, Pages 1279-1286

  Sakiyama, Yukinori ^a   Graves, David B ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Microplasma; Numerical analysis; Spherical coordinates

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HELIUM; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POISSON EQUATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA; MICROPLASMA; SPHERICAL COORDINATES;

PLASMAS;

EID: 35348866231     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.906129     Document Type: Article

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