Numerical study on the discharge characteristics and nonlinear behaviors of atmospheric pressure coaxial electrode dielectric barrier discharges*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11447244 and 11405208), the Science Foundation of Hengyang Normal University, China (Grant No. 14B41), and the Hunan Provincial Applied Basic Research Base of Optoelectronic Information Technology, China (Grant No. GDXX010).
Zhang Ding-Zong1, †, Wang Yan-Hui2, ‡, Wang De-Zhen2
       

(color online) Plots of spatial distributions of the electron density, ion density, and electric field at some key times: (a) at the end of the first voltage period in Fig. 2; (b) at the breakdown of the third discharge in Fig. 2; (c) at the occurrence of current peak of third discharge current in Fig. 2; (d) at the end of the first voltage period in Fig. 6(a); (e) at the breakdown of the third discharge in Fig. 6(a); (f) at the occurrence of current peak of third discharge current in Fig. 6(a).