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A hypersonic plasma bullet train traveling in an atmospheric dielectric-barrier discharge jet

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posted on 2009-08-21, 11:03 authored by J.J. Shi, Fangchun Zhong, Jing Zhang, D.W. Liu, Michael G. Kong
An experimental observation of fast-moving plasma bullets produced in an atmospheric dielectric-barrier discharge jet is reported in this paper. Nanosecond imaging suggests that the atmospheric discharge jet consists of a plasma bullet train traveling at a hypersonic speed from 7.0 km/s to 43.1 km/s. Yet on a millisecond scale, the bullet train appears as a plasma jet of several centimeters long. The plasma bullets are produced through several possible mechanisms, the most likely of which is related to the ionization wave. Time and space resolved optical emission spectroscopy show that reactive plasma species can be delivered to different spatial sites with varying quantities.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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SHI, J.J. ... et al, 2008. A hypersonic plasma bullet train traveling in an atmospheric dielectric-barrier discharge jet. Physics of Plasmas, 15 (01), article 013504, pp.1-5.

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2008

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Copyright 2008 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the authors and the American Institute of Physics. This article appeared in the journal, Physics of Plasmas, and may be found at: http://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/15/013504/1

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1070-664X

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  • en

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