Atmospheric breakdown delay and ionization rate of repetitive microwave pulses

Hao Yang; Qianglin Zheng; Nuoci Huang; Xingchen Liu; Xiangyang Bao; Eryan Yan

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202436.230082

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