Effect of electron energy distribution function on the global model for high power microwave breakdown at high pressures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Nam, Sang Ki ^a   Verboncoeur, John P ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHARGED PARTICLES; DC GENERATORS; DISSOCIATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ION BEAMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLASMA (HUMAN); PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMAS; PRESSURE; REACTION KINETICS;

(LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); BREAK DOWN TIME; BREAKDOWN (BD); ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (EEDF); GLOBAL MODELING; HIGH PRESSURE (HP); HIGH-POWER MICROWAVE (HPM); MULTIPLE SPECIES; PLASMA PARAMETERS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 45149128645     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2942382     Document Type: Article

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