Article

Plasma Investigations
2009. V. 47. № 2. P. 165–174
Ershov A.P., Kolesnikov E.B., Logunov A.A., Chernikov V.A.
Parameters of electrode discharges in supersonic air flows
Annotation
Results are given of experimental investigations of basic microscopic parameters of plasma of a longitudinal-and-transverse dc discharge in a supersonic wind tunnel with a backward-facing step. The results of measurements of electric field $E$, of temperatures of gas $T_g$ and of excitation of electron levels $T_e$, and of reduced electric field $E/N$ are compared with the measured or previously found parameters of transverse and longitudinal discharges in supersonic flows and in stationary air in a wide range of pressures and currents.
Article reference:
Ershov A.P., Kolesnikov E.B., Logunov A.A., Chernikov V.A. Parameters of electrode discharges in supersonic air flows, High Temp., 2009. V. 47. № 2. P. 165