In this review we describe a transient type of gas discharge which is commonly called a
streamer discharge, as well as a few related phenomena in pulsed discharges. Streamers …

Despite being one of the most familiar and widely recognized natural phenomena, lightning
remains relatively poorly understood. Even the most basic questions of how lightning is …

Terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes are linked to growth of long bidirectional lightning leader
system consisting of positive and step** negative leaders. The spatial extent of streamer …

An analysis of gas ionization by the radiation produced in a low-current gas discharge is
performed here on the basis of the comparison of measurements and the results of direct …

Modelling studies are presented of positive streamers develo** at various pressures in air
in a point-to-plane discharge geometry. The modelling results emphasize that the quenching …

We evaluate the nanosecond temporal evolution of tens of thousands of positive discharges
in a 16 cm point-plane gap in high purity nitrogen 6.0 and in N 2–O 2 gas mixtures with …

The work is concerned with the modeling of low-current quasi-stationary discharges,
including the Townsend and corona discharges. The aim is to develop an integrated …

The conditions for threshold inception of positive DC corona in the coaxial cylindrical
electrode arrangement are investigated. The establishment of the self-sustained corona …

A'minimal'kinetic model of plasmachemical processes in low-current discharges in high-
pressure air is formulated, which takes into account electrons, an effective species of …

The classical positive Corona Discharge theory in a cylindrical axisymmetric configuration is
revisited in order to find analytically the influence of gas properties and thermodynamic …