Hexagonal and honeycomb structures in Dielectric Barrier Discharges

B. Bernecker; T. Callegari; S. Blanco; R. Fournier; J. P. Boeuf

doi:10.1051/epjap/2009082

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Volume 47 / No 2 (August 2009)

Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys., 47 2 (2009) 22808

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Issue		Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. Volume 47, Number 2, August 2009 11th International Symposium on High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry (HAKONE XI)


Article Number		22808
Number of page(s)		4
Section		11th International Symposium on High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry (HAKONE XI)
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2009082
Published online		28 April 2009

Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 47, 22808 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2009082

Hexagonal and honeycomb structures in Dielectric Barrier Discharges

B. Bernecker¹^,2, T. Callegari¹^,2, S. Blanco¹^,2, R. Fournier¹^,2 and J. P. Boeuf¹^,2

¹ Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, LAPLACE – Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Énergie, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
² CNRS LAPLACE, 31062 Toulouse, France

Corresponding author: benoit.bernecker@laplace.univ-tlse.fr

Received: 15 December 2008
Accepted: 4 February 2009
Published online: 28 April 2009

Abstract

We present an experimental study of pattern formation in a Dielectric Barrier Discharge in Neon at 100 torr and 1 mm gap. An intensified CCD camera is used to analyze the time evolution of the patterns during one cycle of the voltage waveform. The formation of a hexagonal pattern of filaments in a transient, glow-like regime is observed, followed by a honeycomb structure that corresponds to a Townsend discharge occurring outside the regions delimited by the previous filaments. A 2D fluid model can qualitatively reproduce these features and is used to help interpreting the experimental results.

PACS: 52.80.-s – Electric discharges / 89.75.Fb – Structures and organization in complex systems / 89.75.Kd – Patterns / 52.65.Kj – Magnetohydrodynamic and fluid equation

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