Positive streamers in air and nitrogen of varying density: Experiments on similarity laws

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Briels, T M P ^a   Van Veldhuizen, E M ^a   Ebert, U ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR DENSITIES; AIR PRESSURES; AMBIENT AIRS; DISCHARGE GAPS; ELECTRODE TIPS; IONIZATION CLOUDS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SIMILARITY LAWS; VOLTAGE RISE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN;

EID: 65249098537     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/23/234008     Document Type: Article

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