沿面放电中的辉光和赝辉光放电

利用沿面放电发生器装置，在流动氩气中实现了大气压辉光放电。放电电流波形表现为外加电压每半周期只有一个电流脉冲。驱动电压频率是60kHz时，放电电流脉冲持续时间大于1微秒。氩气中的辉光放电，功率消耗随着外加电压增加或者是气压减小而增大，这种关系可以用汤生击穿理论定性解释。与此对比，大气压空气中的放电电流波形为外加电压每半周期放电为许多脉冲，每个电流脉冲为高频阻尼振荡，这就是赝辉光放电。大气压空气中的赝辉光放电可能是由于气体的流光击穿造成的。

Glow and pseudo-glow discharges in a surface discharge generator

The glow discharge in flowing argon at one atmospheric pressure is realized in a surface discharge generator. The discharge current presents one peak per half-cycle of the applied voltage. The duration of the discharge pulse is more than 1$\mu $s when the frequency of the applied voltage is 60kHz. For the glow discharge in argon, the power consumption increases with the increase of voltage or the decrease of gas pressure. This relation is explained qualitatively based on the theory of the Townsend breakdown mechanism. In contrast, the discharge current in one atmospheric pressure air gives many spikes in each half-cycle, and correspondingly this kind of discharge is called pseudo-glow discharge. Every current spike oscillates with high-frequency damping. The pseudo-glow discharge in one atmospheric pressure air might result from the streamer breakdown mechanism.