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Title: Photoionization in negative streamers: Fast computations and two propagation modes

Abstract

Streamer discharges play a central role in electric breakdown of matter in pulsed electric fields, both in nature and in technology. Reliable and fast computations of the minimal model for negative streamers in simple gases such as nitrogen have recently been developed. However, photoionization was not included; it is important in air and poses a major numerical challenge. The authors here introduce a fast and reliable method to include photoionization into our numerical scheme with adaptive grids, and they discuss its importance for negative streamers. In particular, they identify different propagation regimes where photoionization does or does not play a role.0.

Authors:
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  1. CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20971836
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 90; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2435934; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; AIR; CALCULATION METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOIONIZATION

Citation Formats

Luque, Alejandro, Ebert, Ute, Montijn, Carolynne, Hundsdorfer, Willem, CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, and CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam. Photoionization in negative streamers: Fast computations and two propagation modes. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2435934.
Luque, Alejandro, Ebert, Ute, Montijn, Carolynne, Hundsdorfer, Willem, CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, & CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam. Photoionization in negative streamers: Fast computations and two propagation modes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2435934
Luque, Alejandro, Ebert, Ute, Montijn, Carolynne, Hundsdorfer, Willem, CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, and CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam. 2007. "Photoionization in negative streamers: Fast computations and two propagation modes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2435934.
@article{osti_20971836,
title = {Photoionization in negative streamers: Fast computations and two propagation modes},
author = {Luque, Alejandro and Ebert, Ute and Montijn, Carolynne and Hundsdorfer, Willem and CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam and CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam},
abstractNote = {Streamer discharges play a central role in electric breakdown of matter in pulsed electric fields, both in nature and in technology. Reliable and fast computations of the minimal model for negative streamers in simple gases such as nitrogen have recently been developed. However, photoionization was not included; it is important in air and poses a major numerical challenge. The authors here introduce a fast and reliable method to include photoionization into our numerical scheme with adaptive grids, and they discuss its importance for negative streamers. In particular, they identify different propagation regimes where photoionization does or does not play a role.0.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2435934},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20971836}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 8,
volume = 90,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}