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Chinese Physics, 2000, Vol. 9(10): 757-763    DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/9/10/008
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A STUDY OF HIGH POWER MICROWAVE AIR BREAKDOWN

Liu Guo-zhi (刘国治), Liu Jing-yue (刘静月), Huang Wen-hua (黄文华), Zhou Jin-shan (周金山), Song Xiao-xin (宋晓欣), Ning Hui (宁辉)
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China
Abstract  This paper presents the results of research on microwave breakdown in air, it includes the experimental study and the theoretical analysis. The experimental study has been done in a waveguide with a frequency of 9.37GHz, the peak power up to 200kW, pulse width from 0.3 to 2.0μs. The repetition rate of microwave source is from single pulse to 970 pulse per second. The process of the breakdown of repetition pulse has also been recorded for a burst of ten pulses. A theoretical model for breakdown threshold is presented also. The theoretical are in good agreement with the experimental ones.
Keywords:  high power microwave      air breakdown  
Received:  23 December 1999      Revised:  25 March 2000      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  51.50.+v (Electrical properties)  
  52.40.Db (Electromagnetic (nonlaser) radiation interactions with plasma)  
  52.40.Fd (Plasma interactions with antennas; plasma-filled waveguides)  
  52.40.Mj (Particle beam interactions in plasmas)  
  52.50.Dg (Plasma sources)  

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Liu Guo-zhi (刘国治), Liu Jing-yue (刘静月), Huang Wen-hua (黄文华), Zhou Jin-shan (周金山), Song Xiao-xin (宋晓欣), Ning Hui (宁辉) A STUDY OF HIGH POWER MICROWAVE AIR BREAKDOWN 2000 Chinese Physics 9 757

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