Laplacian instability of planar streamer ionization fronts-An example of pulled front analysis

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 551-590

  Derks, Gianne ^a   Ebert, Ute ^b,c   Meulenbroek, Bernard ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Delft Univ Techn ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersion relation; Pulled front; Stability analysis; Streamer ionization front; Wave selection of Laplacian instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867969291     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-008-9023-0     Document Type: Article

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