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Electromagnetic emissions in the MHz and GHz frequency ranges driven by the streamer formation processes

E. V. Parkevich1,*, A. I. Khirianova1, T. F. Khirianov1, I. S. Baidin1, K. V. Shpakov1, A. A. Rodionov1, Ya. K. Bolotov2,1, V. A. Ryabov1, Yu. K. Kurilenkov3 et al.

I. S. Samoylov3, S. A. Ambrozevich4, and A. V. Oginov1

  • 1P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow 119991, Russia
  • 2Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy Pereulok 9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141700, Russia
  • 3Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskaya Street 13/2, Moscow 125412, Russia
  • 4Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 5/1 2-ya Baumanskaya Street, Moscow 105005, Russia

  • *Corresponding author: parkevich@phystech.edu
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Phys. Rev. E 106, 045210 – Published 28 October, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.045210

Abstract

We provide comprehensive data on the spectral and temporal characteristics of low-frequency (LF) (MHz) and high-frequency (HF) (GHz) radio emissions and investigate their correlation with the streamer formation. We show that the propagation of streamers from the cathode is accompanied only by the LF radio emission (10–150 MHz). In contrast, the HF radio emission (1–4 GHz) arises during the travel of counterstreamers from the anode, which is also indicated by radio interferometric measurements. The power of the LF radio emission sharply increases almost synchronously with that of the HF radio emission. We find that the HF radio emission has a complex spectral and temporal structure and appears as multiple short (less than 1 ns) bursts characterized by various frequency components, existing in subnanosecond time intervals.

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Phys. Rev. E 106, 045210– Published 28 October, 2022
  • Received 7 April 2022
  • Revised 26 August 2022
  • Accepted 29 September 2022
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