Photoionization Instability of Streamer Channel as Possible Reason of Break-Down of Long Air Gaps by Nanosecond Voltage Impulses

The paper shows that while a streamer is moving between electrodes their density and streamer current are increasing as an exponential law due to photoionization effect. This phenomena may be interpreted as a presence of photoionization instability in the channel of moving streamer.Instability incre...

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Main Authors: V. S. Gladkov, S. I. Levchenko, V. V. Ognivenko, A. V. Pashchenko
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Belarusian National Technical University 2003-10-01
Series:Izvestiâ Vysših Učebnyh Zavedenij i Ènergetičeskih ob Edinennij SNG. Ènergetika
Online Access:https://energy.bntu.by/jour/article/view/1279