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Stable sound wave generation in weakly ionized air medium

Plasma Physics 2013-05-01 v1

Abstract

We consider the generation of sound waves in the air medium between electrodes at the voltages near electrical breakdown in the presence of the time dependent constituent of the electric field. Within the standard multicomponent hydrodynamic model of the weakly ionized gas it is shown that the generation of sound is possible due to instantaneous character of the ionization equilibrium. The influence of the electronegative ions on the sound intensity is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1304.7792,
  title  = {Stable sound wave generation in weakly ionized air medium},
  author = {Maxim Chizhov and Maxim Eingorn and Vladimir Kulinskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.7792},
  year   = {2013}
}

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15 pages, 10 figures

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