Investigation of Spatially Resolved Spectrum of N₂ (C³π_u → B³π_g) in Positive Nanosecond Pulsed Streamer Corona Discharge

In this paper, the spatially resolved spectrum of the nitrogen second positive system (C3π u to B3π g) has been measured in a nanosecond pulsed streamer corona N₂ discharge with a wire-plate electrode structure. The spatial distributions of emission intensity of N₂ (C3π u to B3π g, 0-0) at different pulse peak voltages, pulse repetition rates, and gas components are used to explore the distribution and variation of the high electron density (higher than 11.03 eV) with the reaction radiation rate analysis. It is found that the high electron density increases with increasing both the peak voltage and pulsed repetition rate but decreases with increasing the oxygen contents. The spatial distribution of the emission intensity of N₂ (C3π u to B3π g, 0-0) is normalized to the value of the emission intensity at the wire electrode at different experimental conditions. The results show that the normalized distribution of the spatially resolved spectral intensity of N₂ (C3π u toB3π g, 0-0) is independent of pulsed peak voltage, pulsed repetition rate, and gas component, which indicate that the normalized distributions of the high-energy electron density in the gap space at different experimental conditions are similar. These experimental results are significant to understand the discharge characters of pulsed streamer corona discharge and establish the molecule reaction dynamics model of pulsed streamer corona discharge.