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This work is concerned with the study of travelling wave discharges in molecular gases. Specifically, as an illustrative example a theoretical and experimental study of a surface wave (SW) discharge in nitrogen is presented which incorporates a detailed self-consistent analysis of plasma kinetics and wave electrodynamics.
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Ferreira, C.M., Dias, F.M., Tatarova, E. (1999). Travelling Wave Discharges in Nitrogen: Modelling and Experiment. In: Schlüter, H., Shivarova, A. (eds) Advanced Technologies Based on Wave and Beam Generated Plasmas. NATO ASI Series, vol 67. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0633-9_13
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