High Temperature Material Processes (An International Quarterly of High-Technology Plasma Processes) An International Journal

ISSN for PRINT: 1093-3611

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2004, Volume8

Issue 4

169 pages

DOI: 10.1615/HighTempMatProc.v8.i4

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M.D. Bowden
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

E. Wagenaars
Dept. of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands

T. Jiang
Dept. of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands

W. J. M. Brok
Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Applied Physics, P.O.Box 513, DenDolech 2, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

M.F. Gendre
Dept. of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands

Breakdown is an important process in plasma science but is difficult to study because of its highly transient nature. It depends greatly on the discharge parameters such as geometry, gas pressure and applied voltage. The goal of this research was to study breakdown processes experimentally with sufficiently high spatial and temporal resolution for the features of breakdown to be observed. Measurements of breakdown at low pressure in three different experimental arrangements were made and the results compared. The main measurement method was detection of optical emission. A fluid simulation was used to help interpret results.

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