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Apokamp-type Gas Discharge Phenomenon: Experimental and Theoretical Backgrounds

Vasily Yu. Kozhevnikov, Andrey V. Kozyrev, Aleksandr O. Kokovin, Aleksey G. Sitnikov, Eduard A. Sosnin, Victor A. Panarin, Victor S. Skakun, Victor F. Tarasenko

physics.plasm-pharXiv:2608.26356

Abstract

The apokamp discharge is an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet generated at the bending point of the discharge channel between high-voltage and floating-potential electrodes. The jet propagates perpendicularly to the interelectrode discharge channel without convection. In ambient air, the apokamp length reaches several centimeters, and the temperature of its tip is 100-250 °C. The typical apokamp propagation speed ranges from 100 to 220 km/s. The proposed time-dependent theoretical model explains the phenomenon. The discharge modeling confirms the tendencies observed in various experiments on the problem.

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