Transient processes during formation of a steady-state glow discharge in air

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11 PART1, 2012, Pages 2951-2960

  Korolev, Yury D ^a,b,c   Frants, Oleg B ^a   Geyman, Vladimir G ^a   Kasyanov, Vladimir S ^a   Landl, Nikolay V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma jets; glow to spark transition; high pressure glow discharge

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE GLOW DISCHARGE; CATHODE SPOT; CATHODE SURFACE; EXPLOSIVE EMISSIONS; GAS PRESSURES; GLOW MODES; GLOW-TO-SPARK TRANSITION; LOW CURRENTS; MICRO EXPLOSION; TRANSIENT PROCESS; TRANSITION PHENOMENON;

CATHODES; ELECTRIC SPARKS;

GLOW DISCHARGES;

EID: 84870064551     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2211622     Document Type: Article

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