2003/11/19 by Manuel Arrayás · 5 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Branching (polymer chemistry) #Dielectric #Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics #Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films #Instability #Interpretation (philosophy) #Laplace operator #Power Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation #physics.ed-ph #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1119/1.1773175
published in American Journal of Physics 72(10), 1283-1289 (American Institute of Physics) · 8 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2003/11/19 · openalex publication_date 2004/09/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The formation of streamers and spontaneous branching is commonly observed in dielectric breakdown phenomena. We discuss a deterministic streamer model that explains branching phenomena in terms of a Laplacian instability similar to that found in viscous fingering. Particular attention is paid to the physical interpretation of the model.