Asymptotically self-similar propagation of spherical ionization waves

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Kyuregyan, A S ^a  

^a All Russia Electrical Engineering Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION; SPHERES;

HOMOGENEOUS ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION WAVES; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SELF-SIMILAR; SPATIAL SCALES;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

EID: 55149092240     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.174505     Document Type: Article

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