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A Microwave Discharge in High-Velocity Flows Initiated by a Half-Wave Antenna

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A microwave discharge in high-velocity (150–250 m/s) air flows induced on a half-wave vibrator is studied. A cw magnetron microwave generator with a frequency of 2.45 GHz and an output power of up to 5 kW was used for initiation of the microwave discharge. The high-speed video imaging was used for studying the discharge structure, determining the diameter and length of the plasma channel as a function of flow velocity and pressure. Electron concentration and temperature, along with characteristic gas temperature, were determined based on the optical spectra. The possibility of using this microwave discharge for ignition of hydrocarbon–air mixtures in combustion chambers of ramjet engines is proved experimentally.

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K.N. Kornev acknowledges the support of the Theoretical Physics and Mathematics Advancement Foundation “BASIS.” This research was supported by the Russian S-cience Foundation, project no. 23-22-00233, https://rscf.ru/project/23-22-00233/.

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    K. N. Kornev, A. A. Logunov, O. S. Surkont, T. R. Abushaev, A. L. Volynets & S. A. Dvinin

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    S. A. Dvinin

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Kornev, K.N., Logunov, A.A., Surkont, O.S. et al. A Microwave Discharge in High-Velocity Flows Initiated by a Half-Wave Antenna. Plasma Phys. Rep. 50, 388–396 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X24600129

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