Abstract
Propagation of sound in a medium where the rate of local heat addition is a function of gas density is analysed theoretically and the results are applied for modelling the experimentally observed effect of amplification of acoustic waves by an extended glow discharge in air. The model adequately describes the experimental dependences of the gain on the wave frequency and discharge power density and predicts that the amplification of sound by an unconfined glow discharge in air increases with discharge current density but does not change noticeably with gas pressure when the current density is kept constant. Quantitative estimates indicate that a gain of as high as 1 m−1 (or 9 dB for a 60 dB wave passing through 1 m of plasma) could be realized using a discharge in air with a current density of 100 mA cm−2.
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