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Microwave Diagnostics of Electrical Discharges in an Artificial Cloud of Charged Water Drops

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The microwave diagnostics of discharges occurring in an artificial cloud of charged water droplets created in an open air simulating the environment of thunderclouds is implemented. An artificial cloud with a droplet size of about 1 µm is opaque in the visible range, so intra-cloud discharges are not available for investigation by traditional methods in the spark discharge physics based on the registration of visible discharge radiation. Microwaves pass through such a cloud without noticeable attenuation, they interact only with the plasma of discharges occurring in the cloud. The probing microwave radiation had a wavelength of 8 mm. The attenuation of microwaves passed through the cloud was measured with temporary resolution of about 10 ns. The temporal characteristics of intracloud discharges were investigated.

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The research was carried out using a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-19-00501). The authors would like to thank two reviewers for useful remarks and comments, that allowed to significantly improve the quality of the article.

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  2. Federal State Unitary Enterprise, Russian Federal Nuclear Center “Zababakhin All Russia Research Institute of Technical Physics”, 143500, Istra, Moscow region, Russia

    V. S. Syssoev, D. I. Sukharevsky & M. Yu. Naumova

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Bogatov, N.A., Syssoev, V.S., Sukharevsky, D.I. et al. Microwave Diagnostics of Electrical Discharges in an Artificial Cloud of Charged Water Drops. Tech. Phys. 68 (Suppl 2), S251–S256 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378422390005X

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