Streamer initiation in atmospheric pressure gas discharges by direct particle simulation

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

Volumn 68, Issue 2 2, 2003, Pages

  Dowds, B J P ^a   Barrett, R K ^a   Diver, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMA DENSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

GAS DISCHARGES; GAUSSIAN CONCENTRATION; ION-ELECTRON PAIR; STREAMER EVOLUTION; TADPOLELIKE STRUCTURE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 37649030982     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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