Separate luminous structures leading positive leader steps

Shengxin Huang; Weijiang Chen; Zhong Fu; Yufei Fu; Nianwen Xiang; Xinjie Qiu; Weidong Shi; Dengfeng Cheng; Zhiyuan Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31409-x

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Separate luminous structures leading positive leader steps

Shengxin Huang,
Weijiang Chen,
Zhong Fu,
Yufei Fu,
Nianwen Xiang,
Xinjie Qiu,
Weidong Shi,
Dengfeng Cheng,
Zhiyuan Zhang

Affiliations

Shengxin Huang: High Voltage Department, China Electric Power Research Institute
Weijiang Chen: State Grid Corporation of China
Zhong Fu: Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Anhui Electric Power Company
Yufei Fu: School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology
Nianwen Xiang: School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology
Xinjie Qiu: Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Anhui Electric Power Company
Weidong Shi: High Voltage Department, China Electric Power Research Institute
Dengfeng Cheng: Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Anhui Electric Power Company
Zhiyuan Zhang: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31409-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The lightning's nature is that different-polarity leaders extend in air. Only negative leaders' development was previously associated to floating plasma. We found that the floating plasma could also lead the positive leader stepwise development.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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