Ute Ebert: Publications and Preprints ordered by date

Preprints

• A moving boundary model motivated by electric breakdown: II. Initial value problem,
  C.-Y. Kao, F. Brau, U. Ebert, L Schäfer, S. Tanveer, submitted to Physica D [44 pages, 18 figures], preprint.

  Publications in journals and refereed proceedings

  2010

• Probing photo-ionization: Experiments on positive streamers in pure gases and mixtures,
  S. Nijdam, F.M.J.H. van de Wetering, R. Blanc, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. [accepted for publication], preprint.

• Sprites in varying air density: charge conservation, glowing negative trails and changing velocity,
  A. Luque, U. Ebert, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2009GL041982, in press.

• Review of recent results on streamer discharges and their relevance for sprites and lightning,
  U. Ebert, S. Nijdam, C. Li, A. Luque, T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2009JA014867, in press, preprint.

• Sprite discharges on Venus and Jupiter-like planets: a laboratory investigation,
  D. Dubrovin, S. Nijdam, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, Y. Yair, C. Price, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2009JA014851, in press, preprint.

• Spatially hybrid computations for streamer discharges with generic features of pulled fronts: I. Planar fronts,
  C. Li, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, J. Comput. Phys. 229, 200-220 (2010), paper.

  2009

• Emergence of sprite streamers from screening-ionization waves in the lower ionosphere,
  A. Luque, U. Ebert, Nature Geoscience 2, 757-760 (November 2009), online,
  and the movies from the supplement as avi: electron density and electric field.

• 3D hybrid computations for streamer discharges and production of run-away electrons,
  C. Li, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 202003 (5p) (2009), paper,
  and movie belonging to figure 3.

• Diameters of positive streamers in pure N2/O2 mixtures,
  S. Nijdam, F.M.J.H. van de Wetering, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, refereed proceedings of ICPIG 2009, paper PA10-13 [4 pages, 4 figures].

• A study on the possibility of sprites in the atmospheres of other planets,
  Y. Yair, Y. Takahashi, R. Yaniv, U. Ebert, Y. Goto, J. Geophys. Res. 114, E09002 (10p) (2009), paper,
  covered in
  Alien sprites, Research Highlight in Nature, pdf, 17 sept. 2009.

• Moving boundary approximation for curved streamer ionization fronts: numerical tests,
  F. Brau, A. Luque, B. Davidovitch, U. Ebert, Phys. Rev. E 79, 066211 (9p) (2009), paper.

• 3D properties of pulsed corona discharges,
  E.M. van Veldhuizen, S. Nijdam, A. Luque, F. Brau, U. Ebert, Eur. Phys. J. - Appl. Phys. 47, 22811 (5p) (2009), paper.

• A moving boundary problem motivated by electric breakdown: I. Spectrum of linear perturbations,
  S. Tanveer, L. Schäfer, F. Brau, U. Ebert, Physica D 238, 888-901 (2009), paper.

• Reconnection and merging of positive streamers in air,
  S. Nijdam, C.G.C. Geurts, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 045201 (9p) (2009), paper,
  and movies belonging to figure 6 and figure 9.

  2008

• Moving boundary approximation for curved streamer ionization fronts: Solvability analysis,
  F. Brau, B. Davidovitch, U. Ebert, Phys. Rev. E 78, 056212 (2008) [21 pages, 6 figures], paper.

• Streamers, sprites, leaders, lightning: from micro- to macroscales,
  an editoral introduction to the cluster issue on "Streamers, Sprites and Lightning" in J. Phys. D,
  U. Ebert, D.D. Sentman, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 230301 (2008) [7 pages, 74 references], paper.

• Positive and negative streamers in ambient air: measuring diameter, velocity and dissipated energy,
  T.M.P. Briels, J. Kos, G.J.J. Winands, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 234004 (2008) [11 pages, 8 figures], paper.

• Positive and negative streamers in ambient air: modeling evolution and velocities,
  A. Luque, V. Ratushnaya, U. Ebert, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 234005 (2008) [11 pages, 10 figures], paper.

• Positive streamers in air and nitrogen of varying density: experiments on similarity laws,
  T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 234008 (2008) [14 pages, 11 figures], paper.

• Multiple X-ray bursts from long discharges in air,
  C.V. Nguyen, A.P.J. van Deursen, U. Ebert, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 234012 (2008) [7 pages, 7 figures], paper.

• Positive streamers in ambient air and in a nitrogen-oxygen-mixture (99.8:0.2),
  T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 36, 906-907 (2008), paper.

• Time resolved measurements of streamer inception in air,
  T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 36, 908-909 (2008), paper.

• Avalanche to streamer transition in particle simulations,
  C. Li, U. Ebert, W.J.M. Brok, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 36, 910-911 (2008), paper.

• Interacting streamers in air: The evolution of the space-charge layer in their heads,
  A. Luque, U. Ebert, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 36, 914-915 (2008), paper.

• Interaction of streamers in air and other oxygen-nitrogen mixtures,
  A. Luque, U. Ebert, and W. Hundsdorfer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 075005 (2008), paper,
  covered in
  A bolt from the blue, Research Highlight in Nature, pdf, 4 sept. 2008.

• 3D properties of pulsed corona discharges,
  E.M. van Veldhuizen, S. Nijdam, A. Luque, F. Brau, U. Ebert, proceedings of Hakone XI, Oleron Island, Sept. 08 [5 pages, 5 figures], paper.

• Three papers in the refereed proceedings of the 19th ESCAMPIG, Granada, Spain, July 2008:
  
  • Models of interacting streamers,
    A. Luque, F. Brau, U. Ebert, link,
    
  • Experiments on streamer interactions,
    S. Nijdam, J.S. Moerman, T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, link,
    
  • Particle and fluid models for streamers: comparison and spatial coupling,
    C. Li, W.J.M. Brok, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, J.J.A.M. van der Mullen, link.

• Saffman-Taylor streamers: Mutual finger interaction in spark formation,
  A. Luque, F. Brau, U. Ebert, Phys. Rev. E 78, 016206 (2008) [6 pages, 6 figures], paper.

• Laplacian instability of planar streamer ionization fronts - an example of pulled front analysis,
  G. Derks, U. Ebert, B. Meulenbroek, J. Nonlinear Sci. 18, 551-590 (2008) [40 pages, 8 figures], paper with a short erratum (p. 591-592).

• Comment on M. Arrayás, M.A. Fontelos, J.L. Trueba, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 165001 (2005),
  U. Ebert, G. Derks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 139501 (2008), paper.

• Stereo-photography of streamers in air,
  S. Nijdam, J.S. Moerman, T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 101502 (2008) [3 pages, 5 figures], paper.

• Construction and test of a moving boundary model for negative streamer discharges,
  F. Brau, A. Luque, B. Meulenbroek, U. Ebert, L. Schäfer, Phys. Rev. E 77, 026219 (2008) [10 pages, 7 figures], paper.

• Spatial coupling of particle and fluid models for streamers: where nonlocality matters,
  C. Li, U. Ebert, W.J.M. Brok, W. Hundsdorfer, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 032005 (2008) [4 pages, 5 figures], paper.

  2007

• Theory of superfast fronts of impact ionization in semiconductor structures,
  P. Rodin, U. Ebert, A. Minarsky, I. Grekhov, J. Appl. Phys. 102, 034508 (2007) [13 pages, 10 figures], paper.

• Spatio-temporal patterns in a semiconductor-gas-discharge system: stability analysis and full numerical solutions,
  I.R. Rafatov, D.D. Sijacic, U. Ebert, Phys. Rev. E 76, 036206 (2007) [18 pages, 20 figures], paper.

• Convective stabilization of a Laplacian moving boundary problem with kinetic undercooling,
  U. Ebert, B. Meulenbroek, L. Schäfer, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 68, 292-310 (2007) [19 pages, 7 figures], paper.

• Four papers in the refereed proceedings of XXVIIIth ICPIG, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2007:
  
  • Negative streamer fronts: comparison of particle and fluid models and hybrid coupling in space,
    C. Li, W.J.M. Brok, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, J.J.A.M. van der Mullen, paper 2P05-14 (4 pages),
    
  • Pseudo-spectral 3D simulations of streamers with adaptively refined grids,
    A. Luque, U. Ebert, C. Montijn, W. Hundsdorfer, paper 2P05-36 (4 pages),
    
  • Structure formation in a DC-driven "barrier" discharge: stability analysis and numerical solutions,
    U. Ebert, I.R. Rafatov, D.D. Sijacic, paper 3P10-45 (3 pages),
    
  • Pulsed corona investigations with a wide parameter range,
    T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, A.J.M. Pemen, G.J.J. Winands and U. Ebert, paper 3P10-86 (4 pages).
    

• Kugelblitz ohne Plasma? (Ball lightning without plasma?),
  U. Ebert, Physik Journal (ed. German Physical Society) 6, Nr. 3, 18-19 (2007) [2 pages, 2 figures], page proofs (compact pdf), pp. 18, 19 (large jpg).

• Deviations from the local field approximation in negative streamer heads,
  C. Li, W.J.M. Brok, U. Ebert, J.J.A.M. van der Mullen, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 123305 (2007) [14 pages, 10 figures], paper.

• Photoionisation in negative streamers: fast computations and two propagation modes,
  A. Luque, U. Ebert, C. Montijn, W. Hundsdorfer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 081501 (2007), paper.

  2006

• Circuit dependence of the diameter of pulsed positive streamers in air,
  T.M.P. Briels, J. Kos, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39, 5201-5210 (2006), paper.

• Pulsed positive corona in different gaps in air,
  E.M. van Veldhuizen, T.M.P. Briels, J. Kos, U. Ebert, refereed proceedings of XVI'th Int. Conf. on Gas Discharges and their applications, Xi'an, China, Sept. 2006 [4 pages, 7 figures].

• Experiments and calculations on pulsed streamers in air and nitrogen,
  T.M.P. Briels, J. Kos, E.M. van Veldhuizen, C. Montijn, A. Luque, U. Ebert, refereed proceedings of 5th Int. Symp. on Non Thermal Plasma Technology (ISNTPT5), Ile d'Oleron, France, June 2006 [6 pages, 9 figures].

• Spatio-temporal patterns in a DC "barrier" discharge system: numerical solutions and stability analysis,
  I. Rafatov, D. Sijacic, U. Ebert, refereed proceedings of ESCAMPIG 2006 [2 pages, 3 figures], paper.

• An adaptive grid refinement strategy for the simulation of negative streamers,
  C. Montijn, W. Hundsdorfer, U. Ebert, J. Comp. Phys. 219, 801-835 (2006), paper.

• Numerical convergence of the branching time of negative streamers,
  C. Montijn, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, Phys. Rev. E 73, 065401 (2006) [rapid comm., 4 pages], paper.

• Diffusion correction to the Raether-Meek criterion for the avalanche-to-streamer transition,
  C. Montijn, U. Ebert, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39, 2979-2992 (2006), paper.

• The multiscale nature of streamers,
  U. Ebert, C. Montijn, T.M.P. Briels, W. Hundsdorfer, B. Meulenbroek, A. Rocco, E.M. van Veldhuizen,
  Plasma Sources Science and Technology 15, S118-S129 (2006), paper.

  2005

• Regularization of moving boundaries in a Laplacian field by a mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition: exact results,
  B. Meulenbroek, U. Ebert, L. Schäfer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 195004 (2005), paper.

• Influences of the pulsed power supply on corona streamer appearance,
  E.M. van Veldhuizen, T.M.P. Briels, L.R. Grabowskii, A.J.M. Pemen, U. Ebert,
  refereed proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Sources and Applications,
  Aug./Sept. 2005, Univ. Gent, CAPPSA 2005 (4 pages), paper.

• Experiments on the diameter of positive streamers in air,
  T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert, refereed proceedings of the XXVII'th ICPIG 2005 (4 pages), paper.

• Adaptive grid simulations of negative streamers in nitrogen in under- and overvolted gaps,
  C. Montijn, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, refereed proceedings of the XXVII'th ICPIG 2005 (5 pages), paper.

• Oscillations in DC driven "barrier" discharges: numerical solutions, stability analysis and phase diagram,
  D.D. Sijacic, U. Ebert, I. Rafatov, Phys. Rev. E 71, 066402 (2005) [12 pages], paper.

• Numerical solutions and conformal analysis of growing and branching negative discharge streamers,
  C. Montijn, B. Meulenbroek, U. Ebert and W. Hundsdorfer, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science 33, 260-261 (2005), paper.

• Branching of positive discharge streamers in air at varying pressures,
  T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen and U. Ebert, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science 33, 264-265 (2005), paper.

  2004

• Experiments on propagating and branching positive streamers in air,
  T.M.P. Briels, E.M. van Veldhuizen, U. Ebert,
  refereed proceedings of XVth Int. Conf. on Gas Discharges and Appl., Toulouse, France, Sept. 2004, [4 pages], paper.

• Dependence of the transition from Townsend to glow discharge on secondary emission,
  Yu.P. Raizer, U. Ebert, D.D. Sijacic, Phys. Rev. E 70, 017401 (2004) [3 pages], paper.

• Kosmische Zündfunken?,
  M. Füllekrug, U. Ebert, Physik Journal 3 (2004) No. 2, 17-18, pageproofs (compact pdf), p. 17, 18 (large jpg).

• Pattern forming pulled fronts: bounds and universal convergence,
  U. Ebert, W. Spruijt, and W. van Saarloos, Physica D 199, 13-32 (2004), paper.

• Period doubling in glow discharges: local versus global differential conductivity,
  D.D. Sijacic, U. Ebert and I. Rafatov, Phys. Rev. E 70, 056220 (2004) [6 pages], paper.

• Stability of negative ionization fronts: regularization by electric screening?,
  M. Arrayas and U. Ebert, Phys. Rev. E 69, 036214 (2004) [10 pages], paper.

• Streamer Branching rationalized by Conformal Mapping Techniques,
  B. Meulenbroek, A. Rocco, and U. Ebert, Phys. Rev. E 69, 067402 (2004) [4 pages], paper.

  2003

• The coherent scattering function in the reptation model: simulations compared to theory
  A. Baumgärtner, U. Ebert, and L. Schäfer, Eur. Phys. J. E 12, 303-319 (2003), paper.

• Proceedings of XXVI Int. Conf. on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG),
  Greifswald, Germany, July 2003:
  Spontaneous Branching of Anode-Directed Discharge Streamers:
  Conformal Analysis and Numerical Results,
  U. Ebert, B. Meulenbroek, C. Montijn, A. Rocco, and W. Hundsdorfer, article.

  2002

• Reply by U. Ebert and W. Hundsdorfer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 229402 (2002)
  on Comment by A.A. Kulikovsky, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 229401 (2002)
  on M. Arrayás, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174502 (2002).

• Transition from Townsend to glow discharge: subcritical, mixed or supercritical characteristics
  D. Sijacic and U. Ebert, Phys. Rev. E 66, 066410 (2002) [12 pages], paper.

• Branching of negative streamers in free flight
  A. Rocco, U. Ebert, and W. Hundsdorfer, Phys. Rev. E 66, 035102(R) (2002), paper.

• Four papers for proceedings:
  
  • A mechanism for streamer branching,
    U. Ebert, A. Rocco, W. Hundsdorfer, and M. Arrayás,
    [2 pages, 16th ESCAMPIG and 5th ICRP Joint Conference, Grenoble, July 2002], preprint,

  • Branching of streamer type corona discharge,
    E.M. van Veldhuizen, W.R. Rutgers, and U. Ebert,
    [4 pages, XIV Int. Conf. Gas Discharges and Appl., 2002], preprint,

  • Positive and negative pulsed corona in argon,
    E.M. van Veldhuizen, W.R. Rutgers, and U. Ebert,
    [5 pages, Hakone 8, 2002], preprint,

  • A novel type of power picosecond semiconductor switches based on tunneling-assisted impact ionization fronts,
    P. Rodin, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, I.V. Grekhov,
    pp. 445-448, Conference Record of the 25th International Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High Voltage Workshop (ISSN: 1076-8467, INSPEC Accession Number: 7658963), paper.

• Superfast fronts of impact ionization in initially unbiased layered semiconductor structures
  P. Rodin, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, I.V. Grekhov, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 1971 - 1980 (2002), paper.

• The coherent scattering function in the reptation model: analysis beyond asymptotic limits
  L. Schäfer, U. Ebert, and A. Baumgärtner, Phys. Rev. E 65, 061505 (2002) [30 pages], paper.

• Tunneling-assisted impact ionization fronts in semiconductors
  P. Rodin, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, I.V. Grekhov, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 958 - 964 (2002), paper.

• Spontaneous branching of anode-directed streamers between planar electrodes
  M. Arrayás, U. Ebert, W. Hundsdorfer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174502 (2002), paper,
  accompanied by a Physical Review Focus Sparks branch like coral reefs,
  and previewed in the science update in Nature Lightning forks illuminated.

• The diffusion coefficient of propagating fronts with multiplicative noise
  A. Rocco, J. Casademunt, U. Ebert, W. van Saarloos, Phys. Rev. E 65, 012102 (2002), paper.

• How do sinking phytoplankton species manage to persist?
  J. Huisman, M. Arrayás, U. Ebert, B. Sommeijer, The American Naturalist 159, 245 - 254 (2002), paper.

• Universal algebraic convergence in time of pulled fronts:
  the common mechanism for difference-differential and partial differential equations
  U. Ebert, W. van Saarloos, and L.A. Peletier, Eur. J. Appl. Math. 13, 53 - 66 (2002), paper.

  Until 2001

• Critical conditions for phytoplankton blooms
  U. Ebert, M. Arrayás, N. Temme, B. Sommeijer, J. Huisman, Bull. Math. Biol. 63, 1095 - 1124 (2001), paper.

• Pattern Formation in Electric Discharges
  U. Ebert and M. Arrayás, p. 270 - 282 in: Coherent Structures in Complex Systems,
  eds.: D. Reguera et al., Lecture Notes in Physics 567 (Springer, Berlin 2001), book chapter.

• Subdiffusive fluctuations of ``pulled'' fronts with multiplicative noise
  A. Rocco, U. Ebert, and W. van Saarloos, Phys. Rev. E 62, R13 - R16 (2000), paper.

• Breakdown of the standard Perturbation Theory and Moving Boundary Approximation for ``Pulled'' Fronts
  U. Ebert and W. van Saarloos, Phys. Rep. 337, 139 - 156 (2000), paper.

• Universal algebraic relaxation of velocity and phase in pulled fronts generating periodic or chaotic states
  C. Storm, W. Spruijt, U. Ebert, and W. van Saarloos, Phys. Rev. E 61, R6063 -- R6066 (2000), paper.

• Front propagation into unstable states: Universal algebraic convergence towards uniformly translating pulled fronts
  U. Ebert and W. van Saarloos, Physica D 146, 1 - 99 (2000), paper.

• Reptational dynamics of a polymer chain is stable against kinematic disorder
  L. Schäfer, A. Baumgärtner, and U. Ebert, Eur. Phys. J. B 10, 105 - 117 (1999), paper.

• Universal algebraic relaxation of fronts propagating into an unstable state and implications for moving boundary approximations
  U. Ebert and W. van Saarloos, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1650 - 1653 (1998), paper.

• Segment Motion in the Reptation Model of Polymer Dynamics. I. Analytical Investigation
  U. Ebert, L. Schäfer, and A. Baumgärtner, J. Stat. Phys. 90, 1325 - 1373 (1998), paper.

• Segment Motion in the Reptation Model of Polymer Dynamics. II. Simulations
  A. Baumgärtner, U. Ebert, and L. Schäfer, J. Stat. Phys. 90, 1375 - 1400 (1998), paper.

• Short time behavior in de Gennes' reptation model
  U. Ebert, A. Baumgärtner, and L. Schäfer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1592 - 1595 (1997), paper.

• Propagation and Structure of Planar Streamer Fronts
  U. Ebert, W. van Saarloos, and C. Caroli, Phys. Rev. E 55, 1530 - 1549 (1997), paper.

• Streamer Propagation as a Pattern Formation Problem: Planar Fronts
  U. Ebert, W. van Saarloos, and C. Caroli, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4178 - 4181 (1996), paper.

• Universal Short-time Motion of a Polymer in a Random Environment -
  Analytical Calculations, a Blob Picture, and Monte Carlo Results
  U. Ebert, A. Baumgärtner, and L. Schäfer, Phys. Rev. E 53, 950 - 965 (1996), paper.

• Polymer Diffusion in Quenched Disorder - a Renormalization Group Approach
  U. Ebert, J. Stat. Phys. 82, 183 - 265 (1996), paper.

• Polymer Dynamics in Random Media, Replica Theory, Ternary Systems: Mappings and Equivalences
  U. Ebert and L. Schäfer, Makromol. Chem./ Macromol. Symp. 81, 31 - 44 (1994).

• Universal Aspects of Polymer Diffusion in Random Media
  L. Schäfer and U. Ebert, Makromol. Chem./ Macromol. Symp. 81, 17 - 29 (1994).

• Dynamical Renormalization of Polymers in Quenched Disorder: Long-Time Diffusion and Short-Time Anomalies
  U. Ebert and L. Schäfer, Europhys. Lett. 21, 741 - 746 (1993), paper.