Preionization Control of Streamer Propagation
- 1 March 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 43 (3), 886-890
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1661299
Abstract
Streamer velocity is experimentally shown to vary with preionization in N2 and SF6. The velocity has been controlled over orders of magnitude by introducing pulsed preionization ahead of an already propagated streamer. The preionization is produced by pulsed uv irradiation. The pulsed electric field is uniform in the gap. Avalanche‐streamer conversion times were observed which agree well with prediction.Keywords
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