Chemical effects of weak electric fields in the trailing columns of sprite streamers

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Sentman, D D ^a   Stenbaek Nielsen, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EFFECT; CHEMICAL KINETICS; DISSOCIATIVE ATTACHMENT; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRON DENSITIES; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; METASTABLE SPECIES; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; SPRITE STREAMER; THRESHOLD ELECTRIC FIELDS; UNDERVOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

PHOTODISSOCIATION;

EID: 68549112998     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/18/3/034012     Document Type: Article

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