Session MW2: Thermal Plasmas, Arcs, and Breakdown

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Chair: Sergey O. Macheret, Lockheed Martin
Holiday Inn - Salon B


Wednesday, October 11, 2006
4:00PM - 4:15PM

MW2.00001: Three -- dimensional mapping of electron temperature and electron density in an arc -- anode boundary layer
Guang Yang , Joachim Heberlein

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
4:15PM - 4:30PM

MW2.00002: 3D Finite Element Modeling of Arc and Jet Dynamics in a DC Plasma Torch
Juan Trelles , Emil Pfender , Joachim Heberlein

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
4:30PM - 4:45PM

MW2.00003: Numerical investigation of stability of current transfer to thermionic cathodes
Maria Jose Faria , Mikhail Benilov

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
4:45PM - 5:00PM

MW2.00004: Advanced Modeling of Thermal Plasmas for Industrial Applications
Vittorio Colombo , Emanuele Ghedini

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
5:00PM - 5:15PM

MW2.00005: Electric field measurements in moving ionization fronts during plasma breakdown
Erik Wagenaars , Gerrit Kroesen , Mark Bowden

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
5:15PM - 5:30PM

MW2.00006: Steady-State Model for Laser-Guided Lightning-Like Discharges
M. Lampe , R. Fernsler , S. Slinker , D. Gordon , P. Sprangle

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
5:30PM - 5:45PM

MW2.00007: Simulation of the Plasma Dynamics at the Ionization Front of High Pressure Discharges Using Monte Carlo Methods on an Adaptive Mesh
Ananth N. Bhoj , Mark J. Kushner

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
5:45PM - 6:00PM

MW2.00008: Measuring the electrical breakdown of air for very small electrode separations
Emmanouel Hourdakis , Garnett W. Bryant , Neil M. Zimmerman

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