Spatially hybrid computations for streamer discharges with generic features of pulled fronts: I. Planar fronts

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-220

  Li, Chao ^a   Ebert, Ute ^a,b   Hundsdorfer, Willem ^a,c  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hybrid model; Large deviations; Pulled fronts; Streamer discharge

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

FLUID MODELING; GENERIC FEATURES; HYBRID COMPUTATION; HYBRID MODEL; LARGE DEVIATIONS; PARTICLE MODELING; PLANAR FRONTS; PULLED FRONT; SPACE CHARGE LAYERS; STREAMERS DISCHARGES;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 70350375269     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.09.027     Document Type: Article

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