# IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

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Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):C1 - 1
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science publication information

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s): C2
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• ### Generation of low-frequency homogeneous dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):2 - 8
Cited by:  Papers (16)
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We found that generation of a homogeneous dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in atmospheric-pressure air was possible at the frequency range from 32 Hz to 1.1 kHz using alumina (Kyocera A473) as a barrier material. In this homogeneous DBD, the discharge current was continuous with no pulse, and the luminosity became strong near the anode surface. Therefore, this homogeneous DBD is an atmospheric-p... View full abstract»

• ### Study of Nonlinear Dynamics of the Filamentation Instability in a Current-Carrying Plasma Using Adomian Decomposition Method

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):9 - 15
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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Using Adomian decomposition method (ADM), we have theoretically investigated the nonlinear dynamics of the magnetic field diffusion and filamentation instability in a current-carrying plasma. Based on the Adomian solutions, the spatiotemporal behavior of the magnetic field is obtained, and it is shown that its profile changes from a sinusoidal shape to a saw-tooth one. Furthermore, the electron de... View full abstract»

• ### Temperature Distribution and Discharge Modeling of a Semiconductor Bridge

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):16 - 21
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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A Semiconductor Bridge (SCB) explosive initiator has many advantages such as shorter action time, better ignition consistency and higher reliability. The development of a SCB has traditionally been guided by an experimental approach. Experiments conducted worldwide show that the melting and vaporization of a SCB when heated by an electrical current is a very complex physical process. In this proce... View full abstract»

• ### Comparison of Positive Leader Propagation in Rod–Plane and Inverted Rod–Plane Gaps

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):22 - 28
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In order to investigate the different features of the positive leader propagation in the rod-plane and inverted rod-plane gaps, the discharge experiments in a 3-m rod-plane gap and a 3-m inverted rod-plane gap were carried out under switching impulse voltage. The positive leader propagation process was recorded by using a high-speed CCD camera. Some aspects to describe the positive leader propagat... View full abstract»

• ### Corona Discharge With Electrospraying System for Phenol Removal From Water

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):29 - 34
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In the present work, a pulsed pin-to-plate corona reactor has been used for phenol removal from water. The main advantage of the present reactor is the presence of electrospraying of water drops at the tip of the discharge pin simultaneously with corona streamer. Electrospraying increases the treated surface area and therefore increases the efficiency of the water treatment. Also, the microdroplet... View full abstract»

• ### Simulation of Self-Organized Pattern in Atmospheric Pressure Barrier Discharge Driven by Pulse-Modulated RF Voltage

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):35 - 40
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In this paper, a spontaneous self-organized pattern in atmospheric pressure barrier discharge driven by pulse-modulated radio frequency (rf) power is reported with the help of a self-consistent 2-D fluid model. Under the action of pulse-modulated rf voltage with proper duty cycle, the filaments come into being, and at last four stable discharge channels are observed. The formation of self-organize... View full abstract»

• ### An Improved Small-Signal Theory of the Triaxial Klystron Amplifier in the Dispersion Relation and Beam Coupling Coefficient

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):41 - 47
Cited by:  Papers (8)
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An improved small-signal theory of triaxial klystron amplifiers is proposed with a reduction factor and the beam coupling coefficient being taken into account. It may be concluded that the beam coupling coefficient amends the amplitude of the modulated current and the reduction factor mainly modifies the optimum drift distance, at which the modulated current is maximum. The modified theory is vali... View full abstract»

• ### Simulation of the Formation of an Ion Beam by Extraction From a Magnetically Confined Plasma

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):48 - 55
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A computational simulation of the formation of an ion beam extracted from a magnetically confined ECR plasma is made. The first simulation stage consists of calculating of the electrostatic field produced by an extraction system. The extraction system is composed of three cylindrically hollow symmetrical electrodes and its respective shielding box. For the purpose of calculating the extraction and... View full abstract»

• ### Characteristics of the Concentration Ratio of $hbox{SO}_{2}hbox{F}_{2}$ to $hbox{SOF}_{2}$ as the Decomposition Products of $hbox{SF}_{6}$ Under Corona Discharge

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):56 - 62
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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Partial discharge (PD) is triggered by insulation defects in a gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), leading to the decomposition of SF6 gas. The decomposition products of SF6 can be used to detect and recognize PD, but feature parameters must first be established. The main stable components of SF6 decomposition products are SO2F2 and SOF2 View full abstract»

• ### Formation of Hydroxyl Radicals and Hydrogen Peroxide by a Novel Nanosecond Pulsed Plasma Power in Water

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):63 - 67
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The initiation reaction rate constants for the formation of ·OH and H2O2 were produced in water by a novel nanosecond pulsed plasma power, which was developed for wastewater treatment based on the theory of magnetic pulse compression and SOS effect. The output voltage was observed where the peak voltage, rise time, and pulsewidth were 51 kV, 60 ns, and 120 ns, respecti... View full abstract»

• ### Pulsed Vacuum Surface Flashover Characteristics of $hbox{TiO}_{2}/hbox{Epoxy}$ Nano–Micro Composites

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):68 - 77
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In this paper, micro (mean size is 1 μm) and nano (mean size is 10 nm) TiO2 (Titania) were loaded into epoxy resin at the same time. Eleven kinds of samples with different filler contents were prepared. Flashover characteristics of the epoxy composites were investigated under 50 ns (rise time)/1.5 μs (half-height width time) unipolar pulse and 5 × 10-3 Pa... View full abstract»

• ### Self-Injection-Locked Magnetron as an Active Ring Resonator Side Coupled to a Waveguide With a Delayed Feedback Loop

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):78 - 82
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Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations of the magnetron operation with a feedback loop were performed assuming that the delay of the electromagnetic wave propagating in the loop is constant whereas the phase of the complex feedback reflection coefficient is varied. Results of simulations showed that, by a proper adjustment of the values of the time delay and phase of the reflection coeffic... View full abstract»

• ### Effect Analysis of Switch Prefire in Linear Transformer Drivers

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):83 - 89
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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In this paper, the circuit model capable of dealing with magnetizing characteristics of the magnetic cores and switch prefire is established for linear transformer driver (LTD) cavities in PSPICE. Through simulation, the effects of switch prefire on other components in LTD and its output current pulse have been analyzed associated with the variation of energy loss in magnetic cores. Simulation res... View full abstract»

• ### Saturation and Short Pulse Response Characteristics of the Fe-Based Amorphous Core With a Small Air Gap

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):90 - 97
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In this paper, saturation and high-frequency pulse response characteristics of the Fe-based amorphous core with a small air gap are studied in detail by theoretical analysis and experiments. After a 0.32-mm air gap was cut through the longitudinal cross section of the amorphous core, test results showed that the relative permeability of the amorphous core only had small changes. Therefore, mechani... View full abstract»

• ### A Semiempirical Model for the Prebreakdown-Heating Process in the Underwater Discharge Acoustic Source

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):98 - 111
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The breakdown of water in underwater discharge acoustic source (UDAS) is usually in the mode of electrothermal breakdown. The prominent characteristic of the electrothermal breakdown is the existence of prebreakdown-heating phase. In our experiment, the influences of salt concentration and water temperature on breakdown are tested. Three phenomena are observed: 1) The breakdown time obeys a ȁ... View full abstract»

• ### Enhanced Degradation of Phenol by Carbonate Ions With Dielectric Barrier Discharge

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):112 - 117
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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The influence of carbonate ions on plasma degradation of phenol in water treated by dielectric barrier discharge was tested. The plasma degradation pathway of phenol was also investigated through detecting the main degradation products by HPLC and HPLC/MS. Our results indicate that the degradation efficiency of phenol is significantly intensified in the presence of carbonate ions, particularly at ... View full abstract»

• ### A Factorial Experiment to Characterize the Small-Caliber Launcher

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):118 - 123
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The small-caliber launcher (SCL) is a 2-m-long railgun with a 1-in bore. The gun line houses 91.5-in (232.4 cm) rails with a 1.25 in 0.25 in thickness. A need was determined to characterize the gun line for maximum performance of exit velocity, peak velocity, and efficiency by using factorial experiments with linear regression modeling. In this paper, a factorial experiment was designed and conduc... View full abstract»

• ### Thermal Analysis of High-Energy Railgun Tests

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):124 - 130
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This paper describes temperature measurements made on the high-energy medium-caliber launcher at the Institute for Advanced Technology. Simulations performed in Maxwell 3-D and E-Physics showed that Joule heating from current diffusing into the rails accounts for most of the temperature rise in the conductors. Temporal skin effects increase thermal dissipation significantly over what would be expe... View full abstract»

• ### Special issue on atmospheric pressure plasma jets and their applications

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s): 131
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• ### Special issue on nonthermal medical/biological applications using ionized gases and electromagnetic fields

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s): 132
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• ### Special issue on Z-pinch plasmas

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s): 133
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Publication Year: 2012, Page(s): 134
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Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):135 - 136
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## Aims & Scope

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Sciences focuses on plasma science and engineering, including: magnetofluid dynamics and thermionics; plasma dynamics; gaseous electronics and arc technology.

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