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Discharge development and streamer propagation on a dielectric surface were investigated in nitrogen-oxygen gas mixtures at atmospheric pressure. A coaxial pin-to-pin arrangement was used to generate single surface discharges driven by positive unipolar square wave high voltages of between 7 and 9 kV at 4.3 kHz. The development of surface discharges was recorded by ICCD and streak cameras. The discharges developed on the surface using pin electrodes attached directly to the dielectric plate. The accumulation over several discharge events showed a propagation front evolving from the electrode tip, while images of single discharges showed a non-uniform and branched structure of discharge channels. The electrode polarity influenced the discharge expansion and propagation velocity. Positive polarity of the metallic electrode (rising slope of HV pulses) led to a cathode-directed streamer with higher propagation velocities (5 × 105 m/s) than for negative polarity (relative to surface charges; falling slope). The increase in the O2 content in N2 from 0.1 to 20 vol% resulted in a decrease in discharge duration and an increase in streamer velocities.
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Kettlitz, M., Klink, R., Höft, H. et al. Discharge propagation on a dielectric surface in a single-filament arrangement. Eur. Phys. J. D 74, 110 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2020-10082-y
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