• DocumentCode
    780208
  • Title

    Plasma Fireballs

  • Author

    Stenzel, Reiner ; Ionita, Codrina ; Schrittwieser, Roman

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1000
  • Lastpage
    1001
  • Abstract
    Fireballs is a generic name for the many forms of anode glow phenomena in low-pressure gas discharges. The glow indicates energetic electrons impacting with neutrals. A sharp boundary of the glow suggests a localized electric field such as a sheath or double layer. Fireballs mostly appear as spheres and cylinders, but new forms have been observed in dipole magnetic fields. The dynamics of pulsed and unstable fireballs has been investigated.
  • Keywords
    glow discharges; anode glow; dipole magnetic fields; double layer; localized electric field; low-pressure gas discharges; plasma fireballs; pulsed fireball dynamics; pulsed unstable fireball dynamics; sheath; Anode double layers; discharges; instabilities; plasma waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2008.924498
  • Filename
    4558033
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=780208