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Investigation of the electrical breakdown of a plasma-cold electrode gap

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Abbreviations

r, z,ϕ :

cylindrical coordinates

δ:

width of discharge gap

p:

gas pressure in discharge gap

γ :

second ionization coefficient

ni, ne :

ion and electron densities

i:

discharge current per unit length of channel

U* :

Voltage (breakdown potential)

Ui :

voltage drop across discharge gap

Ez, Er :

electric field strength components

Hϕ :

magnetic field strength component

I, U:

arc current and voltage

G:

air flow rate through plasma generator

a :

distance between electrodes

Qz :

heat losses on length z

Teff :

effective gas temperature in breakdown gap

ζ :

arc column radius

r1, R:

radii of coaxial electrodes

e:

electron charge

vi, ve :

drift velocities of ions and electrons in direction of z-axis

Di, De :

diffusion coefficients of ions and electrons

bi, be :

mobilities of ions and electrons

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    G. Yu. Dautov, M. F. Zhukov, G. M. Mustafin & A. N. Timoshevskii

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Dautov, G.Y., Zhukov, M.F., Mustafin, G.M. et al. Investigation of the electrical breakdown of a plasma-cold electrode gap. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 10, 232–239 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00913108

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