Reconnection and merging of positive streamers in air

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Nijdam, S ^a   Geurts, C G C ^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

AMBIENT AIR; ANODE GEOMETRY; DISCHARGE CHANNEL; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; FLAT CATHODE; HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE; ICCD CAMERAS; POSITIVE CORONA; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING; STREAMER CHANNEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PROJECTION;

ELECTRIC CORONA; MERGING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); WIRE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 67650083813     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/4/045201     Document Type: Article

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