Surface dielectric barrier discharges exhibiting field emission at high pressures

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Pai, David Z ^a,b   Stauss, Sven ^a   Terashima, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Fowler Nordheim equation; modified Paschen's law; supercritical fluids; Townsend discharge

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

FOWLER-NORDHEIM EQUATIONS; IONIZATION INSTABILITY; IONIZATION MECHANISMS; PASCHEN'S LAW; SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSIONS; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION; SURFACE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; TOWNSEND DISCHARGES;

FIELD EMISSION;

EID: 84898032857     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/23/2/025019     Document Type: Article

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