Gas Electric Discharge with a Developed Streamer Structure in a Quasi-Optical Microwave Beam
- Authors: Aleksandrov K.V.1, Busleev N.I.1, Grachev L.P.1, Esakov I.I.1, Ravaev A.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow Radiotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 63, No 10 (2018)
- Pages: 1468-1472
- Section: Plasma
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7842/article/view/202129
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378421810002X
- ID: 202129
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Abstract
Experiments on initiating an electrical discharge with a developed streamer structure in atmospheric pressure air are described. The discharge was initiated in a quasi-optical linearly polarized microwave beam with a subcritical field. Air breakdown was initiated by an electromagnetic vibrator placed in free space, on the surface of a dielectric plate, and on the outer or inner surface of a quartz tube. From experimental data, the velocity of the discharge front propagation toward the wavevector of the electromagnetic wave has been estimated.
About the authors
K. V. Aleksandrov
Moscow Radiotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: grachev@mrtiran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117519
N. I. Busleev
Moscow Radiotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: grachev@mrtiran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117519
L. P. Grachev
Moscow Radiotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: grachev@mrtiran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117519
I. I. Esakov
Moscow Radiotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: grachev@mrtiran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117519
A. A. Ravaev
Moscow Radiotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: grachev@mrtiran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117519