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Title: Time-resolved measurements of electron density in nanosecond pulsed plasmas using microwave scattering

Abstract

In this paper, microwave scattering was utilized to measure the electron number density produced in a nanosecond-long high-voltage breakdown of air between two electrodes in a pin-to-pin configuration. The approach allows tracing the absolute electron number in the plasma volume during the high-voltage pulse and the plasma decay for wide range of plasma and discharge parameters. Lastly, electron number density decayed on the timescale of about several μs governed by plasma-chemical processes including dissociative recombination, three-body attachment and formation of cluster ions.

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  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
OSTI Identifier:
1598808
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018156
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Plasma Sources Science and Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1361-6595
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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Wang, Xingxing, Stockett, Paul, Jagannath, Ravichandra, Bane, Sally, and Shashurin, Alexey. Time-resolved measurements of electron density in nanosecond pulsed plasmas using microwave scattering. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1088/1361-6595/aacc06.
Wang, Xingxing, Stockett, Paul, Jagannath, Ravichandra, Bane, Sally, & Shashurin, Alexey. Time-resolved measurements of electron density in nanosecond pulsed plasmas using microwave scattering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aacc06
Wang, Xingxing, Stockett, Paul, Jagannath, Ravichandra, Bane, Sally, and Shashurin, Alexey. Tue . "Time-resolved measurements of electron density in nanosecond pulsed plasmas using microwave scattering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aacc06. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1598808.
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title = {Time-resolved measurements of electron density in nanosecond pulsed plasmas using microwave scattering},
author = {Wang, Xingxing and Stockett, Paul and Jagannath, Ravichandra and Bane, Sally and Shashurin, Alexey},
abstractNote = {In this paper, microwave scattering was utilized to measure the electron number density produced in a nanosecond-long high-voltage breakdown of air between two electrodes in a pin-to-pin configuration. The approach allows tracing the absolute electron number in the plasma volume during the high-voltage pulse and the plasma decay for wide range of plasma and discharge parameters. Lastly, electron number density decayed on the timescale of about several μs governed by plasma-chemical processes including dissociative recombination, three-body attachment and formation of cluster ions.},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6595/aacc06},
journal = {Plasma Sources Science and Technology},
number = 7,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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