Multiple scales in streamer discharges, with an emphasis on moving boundary approximations

Nonlinearity

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ebert, U ^a,b   Brau, F ^c   Derks, G ^d   Hundsdorfer, W ^a   Kao, C Y ^e   Li, C ^b   Luque, A ^f   Meulenbroek, B ^g   Nijdam, S ^b   Ratushnaya, V ^a   Schafer L ^h   Tanveer, S ^e  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 79551503569     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: 13616544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/24/1/C01     Document Type: Article

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