Experimental-modeling study of an atmospheric-pressure helium discharge propagating in a thin dielectric tube

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11 PART1, 2012, Pages 2912-2919

  Jansky, Jaroslav ^a   Algwari, Qais Thanon ^b   O'Connell, Deborah ^c   Bourdon, Anne ^a,d  

^a LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasmas; gas discharge devices; plasma diagnostics; plasma simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; DIELECTRIC TUBES; ELECTRODE GAP; ELECTRODE RINGS; FRONT PROPAGATION; GAS-DISCHARGE DEVICES; GROUNDED ELECTRODES; HELIUM DISCHARGE; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES; HIGH-VOLTAGES; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; POSITIVE SYSTEMS; RING ELECTRODES; SYMMETRY AXIS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTS; HELIUM; NITROGEN; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMAS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84870059022     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2209129     Document Type: Article

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