NO-γ emissions from streamer discharges: Direct electron impact excitation versus resonant energy transfer

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Ningyu ^a   Pasko, Victor P ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SCIENCE; CROSS SECTION; CROSS SECTION DATA; DATA SETS; DIRECT EXCITATION; ELECTRON IMPACT; ELECTRON-IMPACT EXCITATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; IONIZED GAS; NEW YORK; NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROCESS; PULSED CORONA DISCHARGES; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; STREAMER DISCHARGES;

ELECTRIC CORONA; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION OF GASES;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 77149128026     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/8/082001     Document Type: Article

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