Numerical description of pulsed breakdown between parabolic electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5 I, 2007, Pages 1325-1334

  Brok, W J M ^a   Wagenaars, E ^b   van Dijk, J ^c   van der Mullen, J J A M ^c  

^a OTB Engineering   (Netherlands)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electric breakdown; Fluid model; Ionization; Modeling; Monte Carlo method; Plasma; Simulation and ionization fronts; Striations

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FLUID MODEL; IONIZATION FRONTS; PARABOLIC ELECTRODES; PULSED BREAKDOWN; SIMULATION FRONTS; STRIATIONS;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 35348882168     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.903831     Document Type: Article

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