Role of charged particle inertia in pulsed electrical discharges

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Poggie, Jonathan ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION OF GASES;

DISCHARGE TESTS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTRON VELOCITY; EXCITATION REACTIONS; IONIZATION RATES; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE INERTIA; TRANSIENT DISCHARGES;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 78649852054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-1195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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