Modeling of the final jump phase of a positive lightning leader

N. I. Petrov; G. N. Petrova

Modeling of the final jump phase of a positive lightning leader

Plasma Physics 2020-01-15 v1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Applied Physics

Authors: N. I. Petrov , G. N. Petrova

Abstract

Behavior of the potential and electric field intensity at the front of a lightning leader channel taking into account the influence of space charges injected by the streamers is investigated theoretically. Analytical solutions of Poisson equation are found for different laws of charge density distribution in the streamer zone. Influence of the streamer zone parameters on the formation of final jump phase of a leader is investigated.

Keywords

lightning leader final jump phase streamer zone space charge poisson equation electric field

Cite

@article{arxiv.2001.04824,
  title  = {Modeling of the final jump phase of a positive lightning leader},
  author = {N. I. Petrov and G. N. Petrova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.04824},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

11 pages, 8 figures

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