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Beatriz Mancinelli1 , F. O. Minotti1,2, Leandro Prevosto1 and Héctor Kelly1,2

1 Grupo de Descargas Eléctricas, Departamento Ing. Electromecánica, Facultad Regional Venado Tuerto (UTN), Santa Fe, Argentina

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2 Instituto de Física del Plasma (CONICET), Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
