Local acoustic shock velocity and shock structure recovery measurements inglow discharges

Authors
Bletzinger, P Ganguly, BN
Citation
P. Bletzinger et Bn. Ganguly, Local acoustic shock velocity and shock structure recovery measurements inglow discharges, PHYS LETT A, 258(4-6), 1999, pp. 342-348
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
258
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
342 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(19990726)258:4-6<342:LASVAS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Simultaneous local acoustic shock wave velocity measurements show that the upstream velocity exceeds the downstream velocity inside a low pressure pos itive column nitrogen plasma in contrast to the opposite behavior in neutra l gas. The shock velocity increase is also dependent on the direction of th e applied electric field. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserve d.