Probing photo-ionization: Experiments on positive streamers in pure gases and mixtures

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Nijdam, S ^a   Van De Wetering, F M J H ^a   Blanc, R ^a,b   Van Veldhuizen, E M ^a   Ebert, U ^a,c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FREE-ELECTRON DENSITY; ICCD CAMERAS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGEN MIXTURES; PURE GAS; PURE OXYGEN; SENSITIVITY RANGE;

ARGON; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

EID: 77949900890     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/14/145204     Document Type: Article

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