Effective electric field for an arbitrary electromagnetic pulse

Author

Scholfield, David W. ; Gahl, John M. ; Shimomura, Naoyuki

Author_Institution

Air Force Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA

Volume

27

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

628

Lastpage

632

Abstract

In the performance of intense electromagnetic transient, gaseous breakdown experiments, one parameter of interest is the effective electric field. A method of calculating the effective electric field for an arbitrary electromagnetic pulse is presented. This method is based upon the Laplace transform of the Lorentz force equation. Results from previous efforts are reproduced via this method and compared. Examples are calculated for various electromagnetic transients, most of which have never been calculated before. These examples of effective electric fields are used to generate theoretical Paschen curves, which are compared to experimental results

Keywords

Laplace transforms; electric breakdown; electric fields; electromagnetic pulse; Laplace transform; Lorentz force equation; Paschen curves; arbitrary electromagnetic pulse; effective electric field; gaseous breakdown experiments; intense electromagnetic transient; EMP radiation effects; Electric breakdown; Electrons; Frequency; Gases; Ionization; Kinetic energy; Laplace equations; Lorentz covariance; Magnetic fields;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.772295

Filename

772295