A peculiar streamer morphology created by a complex voltage pulse

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2216-2217

  Nijdam, S ^a   Miermans, K ^a   Van Veldhuizen, E M ^a   Ebert, U ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasmas; corona; electric breakdown; plasma diagnostics; plasma properties; plasmas

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BLUMLEIN PULSERS; CORONA; NEGATIVE VOLTAGE; PLASMA PROPERTIES; POSITIVE VOLTAGE; STREAMER DISCHARGES; VOLTAGE PULSE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA (HUMAN); PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 81255158794     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2158661     Document Type: Article

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