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Filament Formation Mechanism for a Nanosecond Surface Barrier Discharge of Positive Polarity in Nitrogen

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The development of a surface barrier discharge in nitrogen containing 0.1 wt % of O2 impurity is numerically simulated in a 2D model of a continuous medium under conditions of a pressure in the range of 2–8 atm and positive step voltage pulse amplitudes of 20–50 kV. The development of a thin plasma layer with a density that increases with time is noticed at a voltage of 40 kV and nitrogen pressures above 4 atm. This layer is a filament that develops at the streamer boundary that faces the dielectric and moves toward the dielectric surface with time. It is shown that the reason for the development of the filament is stepwise ionization from the excited states of the nitrogen molecule. A criterion for the appearance of the filament is proposed that agrees with the experimental data at the qualitative level, according to which the threshold voltage for this phenomenon decreases with increasing pressure.

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The author is grateful to N.A. Popov for his support of this study and enlightening comments.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant no. 22-29-00084).

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Soloviev, V.R. Filament Formation Mechanism for a Nanosecond Surface Barrier Discharge of Positive Polarity in Nitrogen. Plasma Phys. Rep. 48, 669–681 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X22600311

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