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Influence of moisture on the properties of long streamers in air

N. L. AleksandrovG. M. Krzhizhanovskii Power Institute, MoscowÉ. M. BazelyanG. M. Krzhizhanovskii Power Institute, MoscowD. A. NovitskiiG. M. Krzhizhanovskii Power Institute, Moscow
Technical Physics Lettersjournal1998en
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A simulation has shown that the suppression of streamer propagation with increasing air moisture content discussed repeatedly in the literature is caused by accelerated electron-ion recombination rather than by the kinetics of the negative ions, as was previously assumed.

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