Review of surface discharge experiments

Abstract

Current state of the experimental physics of the surface discharge has been examined in the literature review. The existing works were classified by the mediums, where the surface discharge is explored, by the types of experimental setups and by the type of measured data. The conditional scheme of the surface discharge, which demonstrates the generality of the dielectric barrier discharge and the sliding one, was constructed. Some of the works have an applied purpose, therefore, the experimental setups are specific devices. These experimental setups have a lack of interest for studying physics of the surface discharge. There is no generality in the other experimental setups aimed at studying the phenomenon. All experiments are divided into two groups Scheme of experimental setup where more aspects of the surface discharge can be taken into account and their relationship traced was suggested.