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On negative streamers: a deterministic approach

Plasma Physics 2009-11-10 v1 Physics Education

Abstract

In dielectric breakdown, the phenomena of streamers formation and spontaneous branching is commonly observed. A deterministic negative streamer model is reviewed in this article. We recently have proposed that this reduced model is able to explain the branching phenomena, due to a Laplacian instability quite like in viscous fingering. Particular attention is paid to the physical interpretation of the model.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0311095,
  title  = {On negative streamers: a deterministic approach},
  author = {Manuel Arrayás},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0311095},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures