Guided ionization waves: Theory and experiments

Physics Reports

Volumn 540, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 123-166

  Lu, X ^a   Naidis, G V ^b   Laroussi, M ^c   Ostrikov, K ^d,e  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^c Old Dominion University   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasmas; Guided streamers; Ionization phenomena; Plasma bullets; Plasma dynamics; Plasma jets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901494975     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2014.02.006     Document Type: Review

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