NASA NTRS · 19720034868
Ionizing potential waves and high-voltage breakdown streamers.
Abstract
The structure of ionizing potential waves driven by a strong electric field in a dense gas is discussed. Negative breakdown waves are found to propagate with a velocity proportional to the electric field normal to the wavefront. This causes a curved ionizing potential wavefront to focus down into a filamentary structure, and may provide the reason why breakdown in dense gases propagates in the form of a narrow leader streamer instead of a broad wavefront.
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Albright, N. W., Tidman, D. A.. 1972-01-01. Ionizing potential waves and high-voltage breakdown streamers.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19720034868
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