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    Phase-resolved measurement of electric charge deposited by an atmospheric pressure plasma jet on a dielectric surface
    (Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2014) Wild, R.; Gerling, T.; Bussiahn, R.; Weltmann, K.-D.; Stollenwerk, L.
    The surface charge distribution deposited by the effluent of a dielectric barrier discharge driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet on a dielectric surface has been studied. For the first time, the deposition of charge was observed phase resolved. It takes place in either one or two events in each half cycle of the driving voltage. The charge transfer could also be detected in the electrode current of the jet. The periodic change of surface charge polarity has been found to correspond well with the appearance of ionized channels left behind by guided streamers (bullets) that have been identified in similar experimental situations. The distribution of negative surface charge turned out to be significantly broader than for positive charge. With increasing distance of the jet nozzle from the target surface, the charge transfer decreases until finally the effluent loses contact and the charge transfer stops.
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    Optical diagnostics of streamers: From laboratory micro-scale to upper-atmospheric large-scale discharges
    (Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2014) Simek, M.; Hoder, T.; Prukner, V.; Ambrico, P.F.
    Optical emission produced by streamers is determined by spatial distribution of electronically excited atomic and diatomic species within the streamer head and streamer channel. Peculiarities of emission and LIF diagnostics dedicated to investigating the basic structure of streamers with high spatio-temporal resolution are discussed. Possible strategies based on the 2D projections of cylindrically symmetric streamers to determine radial distributions of excited species within the streamer channel are illustrated for streamers produced in volume or on the dielectric surface at atmospheric and low pressures.