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PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
卷 17, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.3517177
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- RTRA STAE Fondation de Cooperation Scientifique Sciences et Technologies pour l'Aeronautique et l'Espace
- Chinese Scholarship Council
During microwave breakdown at atmospheric pressure, a sharp plasma front forms and propagates toward the microwave source at high velocities. Experiments show that the plasma front may exhibit a complex dynamical structure or pattern composed of plasma filaments aligned with the wave electric field and apparently moving toward the source. In this paper, we present a model of the pattern formation and propagation under conditions close to recent experiments. Maxwell's equations are solved together with plasma fluid equations in two dimensions to describe the space and time evolution of the wave field and plasma density. The simulation results are in excellent agreement with the experimental observations. The model provides a physical interpretation of the pattern formation and dynamics in terms of ionization-diffusion and absorption-reflection mechanisms. The simulations allow a good qualitative and quantitative understanding of different features such as plasma front velocity, spacing between filaments, maximum plasma density in the filaments, and influence of the discharge parameters on the development of well-defined filamentary plasma arrays or more diffuse plasma fronts. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3517177]
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