Title :
Effective electric field for arbitrary waveforms
Author :
Scholfield, D.W. ; Gahl, J.M. ; Shimomura, Naoharu
Author_Institution :
Air Force Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. When performing gaseous electrical breakdown experiments one parameter of interest is the effective electric field. This field is required to calculate the ionization rate of the gaseous medium. A new method of calculating the effective electric field for any arbitrary waveform is presented. Simple examples are calculated for various electromagnetic transients and compared to previous efforts, and to one another. The method is then expanded to include relativistic effects, and again compared and contrasted with classical results.
Keywords :
electric breakdown; electric fields; electron attachment; field ionisation; arbitrary waveforms; effective electric field; electromagnetic transients; gaseous electrical breakdown experiments; gaseous medium; ionization rate; relativistic effects; Electric breakdown; Ionization; Laboratories; Power engineering and energy; Relativistic effects;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1998. 25th Anniversary. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1998 IEEE International on
Conference_Location :
Raleigh, NC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4792-7
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1998.677927
