Nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges in air at atmospheric pressure-the spark regime

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Pai, David Z ^a   Lacoste, Deanna A ^a   Laux, Christophe O ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AIR; AVALANCHE IONIZATION; CONDUCTION CURRENT; CRITICAL DENSITY; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; DISCHARGE DYNAMICS; DISCHARGE GAPS; ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITIES; GAS TEMPERATURE; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE; PLASMA DYNAMICS; PRE-IONIZATION; REPETITIVELY PULSED DISCHARGE; SPARK DISCHARGE; STEADY STATE; TIME RESOLVED OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SPARKS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION OF GASES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78649921509     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/19/6/065015     Document Type: Article

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