Transitions between and control of guided and branching streamers in dc nanosecond pulsed excited plasma jets

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11 PART1, 2012, Pages 2888-2899

  Hofmann, Sven ^a   Sobota, Ana ^a   Bruggeman, Peter ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasmas; bifurcation; branching; filamentation; low temperature plasma jets; plasma bullets; streamer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BRANCHING; FILAMENTATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS; PLASMA BULLETS; STREAMER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FLOW OF GASES; HELIUM; IONIZATION OF GASES; LAMINAR FLOW; NITROGEN PLASMA; OXYGEN; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA JETS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84870061474     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2211621     Document Type: Article

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