1. Propagation Phases of Plasma Bullets.
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Karakas, Erdinc, Akman, Mehmet Arda, and Laroussi, Mounir
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BULLETS ,PLASMA gases ,PHASE transitions ,BIOMEDICAL engineering ,ELECTRON tubes ,PLASMA devices ,CAMERAS ,PHOTOGRAPHS - Abstract
Plasma bullets have recently been used in novel applications in biology and medicine, which spurred interesting developments in the new interdisciplinary field of “Plasma Medicine.” In this paper, using high speed ICCD camera images we show that during their lifetime, plasma bullets undergo three distinctive phases: a launching phase during which the bullet velocity increases rapidly, a propagation phase during which the bullet velocity is temporarily maintained but later steadily decreases, and an ending phase during which the bullet collapses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2011
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