Simulation of the stable 'quasi-periodic' glow regime of a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge in air at atmospheric pressure

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Tholin, Fabien ^a,b   Bourdon, Anne ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AIR; FREQUENCY RANGES; PRE-IONIZATION; QUASI-PERIODIC; REPETITION FREQUENCY; REPETITIVELY PULSED DISCHARGE; TWO-POINT; VOLTAGE PULSE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NEGATIVE IONS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84880582321     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/22/4/045014     Document Type: Article

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