Dynamics of a guided streamer ('plasma bullet') in a helium jet in air at atmospheric pressure

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boeuf, J P ^a,b   Yang, L L ^c   Pitchford, L C ^a,b  

^a d'Hydraulique et des Telecommunications   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AT-SPEED; DISCHARGE PULSE; ELECTRODE GEOMETRIES; FAST IMAGING; IONIZATION WAVES; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS; PLASMA BULLETS; PLASMA CHANNEL; PRE-IONIZATION; SIMPLE FLUIDS; VOLTAGE PULSE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HELIUM; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84870347220     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/1/015201     Document Type: Article

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