Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
2007-08-30
Physics
Plasma Physics
8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in "Unifying Themes in Complex Systems", vol. IV, eds. A. A. Minai, Y. Bar-Yam, Springer-Verlag,
Scientific paper
Investigating the causes of the nonlinear behavior of a gaseous conductor we identified the presence of two states of the complex space charge configuration self-assembled in front of the anode. These states correspond to two levels of self-organization from which the first one is related to spatial pattern whereas the second one to spatiotemporal pattern. Their emergence through two kinds of instabilities produced for two critical distances from thermodynamic equilibrium is emphasized in the current voltage characteristic as an S-shaped, respectively Z-shaped bistability. Their presence attributes to the gaseous conductor the ability to work as an S-shaped, respectively an N-shaped negative differential resistance.
Lozneanu Erzilia
Popescu Sebastian
Sanduloviciu Mircea
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