Abstract
The electrical characteristics of homogeneous dielectric barrier discharges in helium, argon and nitrogen are presented and discussed. From the evolution of the discharge current as a function of the voltage applied to the gas it is shown that (i) in helium and argon, during the current increase, the discharge transits from a non-self-sustained discharge to a Townsend discharge and then a subnormal glow discharge (atmospheric pressure glow discharge) (ii) in nitrogen the ionization level is too low to induce a localization of the electrical field and the glow regime cannot be achieved. The discharge is a Townsend discharge (atmospheric pressure Townsend discharge). The characteristics of this specific discharge are described including the time variation of the density of electron, ion, metastable state and electrical field.
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