==== Literature collection ====

All books listed here are available in the group, ask a colleague if you need them. The same goes for papers in journals that CWI is not subscribed to.

==== Hani's recommendations ====

  * [[https://homepages.cwi.nl/~ebert/LuquePMJPD08.pdf|Positive and negative streamers in ambient air: modelling evolution and velocities]] (Luque et al. 2008)
  * [[https://homepages.cwi.nl/~ebert/PSST12-3DHyb.pdf|A comparison of 3D particle, fluid, and hybrid simulations for negative streamers]] (Li et. al. 2012)
  * [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0022-3727/46/15/155201/meta|Effective ionization rate in nitrogen-oxygen mixtures]] (Pancheshnyi 2013)
  * [[https://homepages.cwi.nl/~ebert/2018-PSST-Behnaz-Comparison.pdf|Comparison of six simulation codes for positive streamers in air]] (Bagheri et al. 2018)

==== Basic physics concepts ====

=== General books ===

  * [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471724254|Principles of Plasma Discharges and Materials Processing]] (Lieberman & Lichtenberg )
  * [[https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642647604|Gas Discharge Physics]] (Raizer, note: some parts are outdated and some arguments are inconsistent)

=== Electron-molecule collisions: elastic, excitation, ionization, attachment ===
  * [[https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.52.29|The theory of electron-molecule collisions]] (Lane, 1980)

=== Electron avalanches ===
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_avalanche

==== Streamer discharges ====

=== Introductions of PhD theses ===

  * Introduction of Sander Nijdam's [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/experimental-investigations-on-the-physics-of-streamers|PhD thesis]] (focus on discharge experiments)
  * Introduction of Casper Rutjes' [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/modeling-high-energy-atmospheric-physics-and-lightning-inception|PhD thesis]] (lightning questions, some modeling)
  * Introduction of Jannis Teunissen's [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/3d-simulations-and-analysis-of-pulsed-discharges|PhD thesis]] (electric discharge modeling)

=== Streamer reviews ===
  * **The physics of streamer discharge phenomena**, 2020, Sander Nijdam, Jannis Teunissen and Ute Ebert [[https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abaa05|doi (open access)]]
  * On density models of streamers in 2012 by Alejandro Luque and Ute Ebert, [[https://homepages.cwi.nl/~ebert/JCP-Luque-12.pdf]]
  * Streamers from a nonlinear dynamics perspective in 2011 by Ute Ebert et al. [[https://homepages.cwi.nl/~ebert/NonlinearityCover2011.pdf]]
  * Streamer review with a perspective on lightning and sprite discharges in 2010 by Ute Ebert et al. [[https://homepages.cwi.nl/~ebert/JGRRev2010.pdf]]
  * Streamer review for applied physicists in 2006 by Ute Ebert et al. [[https://homepages.cwi.nl/~ebert/psst6_2_s14.pdf]]

=== Examples of other discharges: leader, spark, sprites ===
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning
  * https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-science-scienceintro
==== Numerical & computing concepts ====

=== General books ===
  * [[http://heath.cs.illinois.edu/scicomp/|Introduction to scientific computing]] (M. Heath) 
  * [[https://faculty.washington.edu/rjl/fdmbook/|Finite Difference Methods for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations]] (R. Leveque)

=== Particle methods ===

  * [[https://www.crcpress.com/Computer-Simulation-Using-Particles/Hockney-Eastwood/p/book/9780852743928|Computer Simulation Using Particles]] (Hockney & Eastwood, 1988)
  * [[https://www.crcpress.com/Plasma-Physics-via-Computer-Simulation/Birdsall-Langdon/p/book/9780750310253|Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation]] (Birdsall, Langdon)

=== Plasma modelling ===

  * [[https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aaa86d|Foundations of modelling of nonequilibrium low-temperature plasmas]] (Alves et al. 2018)

==== Practical things ====

== Fortran programming ==

  * http://teunissen.net/wiki/doku.php?id=blog:fortran_programming (collection of links)

== Version control (git) ==
 
  * https://help.github.com/articles/git-and-github-learning-resources/
  * https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials
  * https://git-scm.com/docs/gittutorial
  * http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/ (short overview)
  * http://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/

== Data visualization (e.g., gnuplot, matplotlib, visit, paraview) ==

  * https://visitusers.org/index.php?title=Short_Tutorial

==== PhD theses on electric discharges ==== 
Note that chapters are sometimes improved until journal publication! Then please read the journal paper.

=== Multiscale Dynamics group at CWI Amsterdam ===
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/modeling-heat-dominated-electrical-breakdown|Modeling heat dominated electrical breakdown]] (Ashutosh Agnihotri, 2018)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/modeling-high-energy-atmospheric-physics-and-lightning-inception|Modeling high energy atmospheric physics and lightning inception]] (Casper Rutjes, 2018)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/modeling-of-streamer-discharges-near-dielectrics|Modeling of streamer discharges near dielectrics]] (Anna Dubinova, 2016)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/3d-simulations-and-analysis-of-pulsed-discharges|3D simulations and analysis of pulsed discharges]] (Jannis Teunissen, 2015)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/high-energy-phenomena-in-laboratory-and-thunderstorm-discharges|High energy phenomena in laboratory and thunderstorm discharges]] (Christoph K"ohn, 2014)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/modeling-multiple-time-scales-in-streamer-discharges|Modeling multiple time scales in streamer discharges]] (Aram Markosyan, 2014)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/propagation-mechanisms-of-positive-streamers-in-different-gases|Propagation mechanisms of positive streamers in different gases]] (Gideon Wormeester, 2013)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/joining-particle-and-fluid-aspects-in-streamer-simulations|Joining particle and fluid aspects in streamer simulations]] (Chao Li, 2009)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/streamer-branching-conformal-mapping-and-regularization|Streamer branching: conformal mapping and regularization]] (Bernard Meulenbroek, 2006)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/an-adaptive-grid-refinement-strategy-for-the-simulation-of-negati|An adaptive grid refinement strategy for the simulation of negative streamers]] (Carolynne Montijn, 2006)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/spatio-temporal-pattern-formation-in-a-semiconductor-gas-discharg|Spatio-temporal pattern formation in a semiconductor-gas-discharge system]] (Danijela Sijacic, 2004)

=== Some related theses at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) ===

  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/experiments-on-the-physics-of-pulsed-plasma-jets|Experiments on the physics of pulsed plasma jets]] (Marc van der Schans, 2018)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/creeping-sparks-a-study-on-surface-discharge-development|Creeping-sparks: a study on surface discharge development]] (Anna Chvyreva, 2016)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/experiments-on-streamer-interaction-with-dielectric-surfaces|Experiments on streamer interaction with dielectric surfaces]] (Dirk Trienekens, 2016)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/nanosecond-pulsed-power-technology-for-transient-plasma-generatio|Nanosecond-pulsed power technology for transient plasma generation]] (Tom Huiskamp, 2015)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/understanding-lightning-experiments-on-meter-long-discharges-and-|Understanding lightning: Experiments on meter long discharges and their X-rays]] (Pavlo Kochkin, 2014)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/experimental-study-on-hard-radiation-from-long-laboratory-spark-d|Experimental study on hard radiation from long laboratory spark discharges in air]] (Vuong Nguyen, 2012)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/experimental-investigations-on-the-physics-of-streamers|Experimental investigations on the physics of streamers]] (Sander Nijdam, 2011)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/exploring-streamer-variability-in-experiments-3|Exploring streamer variability in experiments]] (Tanja Briels, 2007)
  * [[https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/efficient-streamer-plasma-generation|Efficient streamer plasma generation]] (Hans Winands, 2007)

For more PhD theses from the TU/e go to their [[https://research.tue.nl/en/searchAll/advanced/|library]] and search for "PhD" and keywords such as "plasma", "streamer", "CO2" etc.