Propagation mechanisms of guided streamers in plasma jets: the influence of electronegativity of the surrounding gas

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Schmidt Bleker, Ansgar ^a   Norberg, Seth A ^b   Winter, Jörn ^a   Johnsen, Eric ^b   Reuter, S ^a   Weltmann, K D ^a   Kushner, Mark J ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma jets; Guided ionization waves; Modeling; Phase resolved optical emission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GASES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONS; LIGHT EMISSION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MODELS; NEGATIVE IONS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA JETS; THERMAL PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; ELECTRO-STATIC FOCUSING; IONIZATION WAVES; PHASE RESOLVED OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; TRANSITION REGIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA;

EID: 84937579292     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/24/3/035022     Document Type: Article

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