The electrostatic forces acting on constricted discharges

Abstract

Constricted discharges are subject to surface stresses produced by the electric fields at their surfaces. The stresses have to be taken into account in discussing the stability.

Experimental investigation of a complex structure formed in a gas after local electron acceleration

“…This plasma will form the fireball nucleus and, because of the electrostatic interactions between its positive ions and the electrons of the net negative space charge, the DL that will cover the fireball is formed. The validity of such a scenario, first described in [1,2], is also well confirmed by other researchers concerned with the DL phenomenon [13][14][15][16][17].…”