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Comparison of the intial breakdown phase in two plasma focuses with different constructions of the insulator

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This paper presents the results of a two-dimensional computer simulation of the electrical breakdown in two coaxial electrode systems: PF-100 and GN1 devices. The working gas is hydrogen with the pressure of 4 mbar. The spatial and temporal evolution of the electron density, ion density and the electric fields is calculated by solving numerically the continuity equations together with the Poisson equation.

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  1. Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Hery 23, 00-908, Warsaw, Poland

    M. Scholz & I. M. Ivanova-Stanik

  2. PLADEMA, FCEyN, Universidad de Mar del Plata, Funes 3650, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina

    H. Bruzzone

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Scholz, M., Ivanova-Stanik, I.M. & Bruzzone, H. Comparison of the intial breakdown phase in two plasma focuses with different constructions of the insulator. Czech. J. Phys. 50 (Suppl 3), 155–158 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03165872

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