Particle-like behaviour of dissipative solitons in gas-discharge

Author

Purwins, Hans-Georg

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Munster Univ., Munster

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This study investigates the particle-like behaviour of well-localised solitons in gas discharges. Experimental results show self-organized patterns in the form of solitary current filaments which give rise to current density and luminescence radiation density spots in the discharge plane. These observations are discussed in the framework of a drift-diffusion approximation with a set of ordinary differential equations which is in quantitative agreement with the experiment.

Keywords

differential equations; discharges (electric); pattern formation; plasma kinetic theory; plasma solitons; plasma transport processes; current density; dissipative solitons; drift-diffusion approximation; gas discharges; luminescence radiation density; ordinary differential equations; particle-like behaviour; self-organized patterns; solitary current filaments; Current density; Decision support systems; Differential equations; Impedance; Luminescence; Particle scattering; Pattern formation; Plasma temperature; Reflection; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Karlsruhe

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1929-6

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590596

Filename

4590596