Space and time analysis of the nanosecond scale discharges in atmospheric pressure air: I. Gas temperature and vibrational distribution function of N 2 and O2

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Lo, A ^a   Cessou, A ^a   Boubert, P ^a   Vervisch, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

nanosecond discharge; spontaneous Raman scattering; temperature; vibrational distribution function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894753881     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/11/115201     Document Type: Article

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