EXPERIMENTAL MODELING OF THE “GLOW” REGION IN RED COLUMNAR SPRITES

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The work is devoted to experimental modeling of processes that occur in high-altitude atmospheric discharges called red sprites. Miniature analogs of red columnar sprites are created in low-pressure air, including those with single discharge current pulses. It is shown that the brightly luminous “glow” region of the primary “columns” is due to the transition from the plasma diffuse jet mode initiated by a positive streamer to the quasi-stationary glow discharge mode. The emission spectra from different regions of the discharge system along its longitudinal axis are presented, as well as data on the electron Te, vibrational Tv, rotational Tr and gas Tg temperatures of the discharge plasma in these places. Photographs of the discharge glow are obtained when its mode changes.

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V. F. Tarasenko

Institute of High Current Electronics Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: VFT@loi.hcei.tsc.ru
Tomsk, Russia

D. A. Sorokin

Institute of High Current Electronics Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: SDmA-70@loi.hcei.tsc.ru
Tomsk, Russia

E. Kh. Baksht

Institute of High Current Electronics Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Tomsk, Russia

N. P. Vinogradov

Institute of High Current Electronics Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Tomsk, Russia

V. A. Panarin

Institute of High Current Electronics Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Tomsk, Russia

V. S. Skakun

Institute of High Current Electronics Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Tomsk, Russia

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