Ion Runaway in Lightning Discharges

Runaway ions can be produced in plasmas with large electric fields, where the accelerating electric force is augmented by the low mean ionic charge due to the imbalance between the number of electrons and ions. Here we derive an expression for the high-energy tail of the ion distribution function in...

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Auteurs principaux: Landreman, Matthew Joseph, Fulop, T.
Autres auteurs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Format: Article
Langue:en_US
Publié: American Physical Society 2013
Accès en ligne:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80296