Dynamics of ionization wave splitting and merging of atmospheric-pressure plasmas in branched dielectric tubes and channels

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2012, Pages

  Xiong, Zhongmin ^a   Robert, Eric ^b   Sarron, Vanessa ^b   Pouvesle, Jean Michel ^b   Kushner, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BRANCH POINTS; CHANNEL WALL; CIRCULAR LOOP; DIELECTRIC TUBES; ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; EXCITED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FAST IONIZATION WAVE; HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE; HYDRODYNAMICS MODELS; IONIZATION WAVES; OR CHANNELS; PROPAGATION PATTERN; RADIATION TRANSPORT; REMOTE LOCATION; SPLITTING AND MERGING; TRACE AMOUNTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PLASMA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION; NEON; PLASMA DENSITY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); XENON;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

EID: 84862659863     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/27/275201     Document Type: Article

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