• DocumentCode
    1522838
  • Title

    Successive Nanosecond Discharges in Water

  • Author

    Marinov, Ilya L. ; Guaitella, Olivier ; Rousseau, Antoine ; Starikovskaia, Svetlana M.

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Polytech., LPP, Univ. Paris Sud-11, Palaiseau, France
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    2672
  • Lastpage
    2673
  • Abstract
    Successive discharges of alternating polarities in distilled water have been studied. Cathode-initiated discharges develop in two possible configurations: slow and weakly luminescent bushlike mode or fast and luminous treelike mode with well-pronounced branching. Under our experimental conditions, the two modes originate with approximately equal probability. Positive discharge demonstrates only one discharge morphology with two hemispherical weakly luminescent structures. Successive negative pulse results in the formation of one of the negative modes, bushlike or treelike.
  • Keywords
    discharges (electric); water; cathode-initiated discharge; discharge morphology; hemispherical weakly luminescent structures; luminous treelike mode; nanosecond discharge; positive discharge analysis; water; weakly luminescent bushlike mode; Cable shielding; Discharges; Electrodes; Ignition; Plasmas; Underwater cables; Discharge in water; nanosecond discharge; shadowgraphy; streamers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2011.2147337
  • Filename
    5772019