G. P. Kuzmin, I. M. Minaev, A. A. Rukhadze
Prоkhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
I. B. Timofeev
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Consideration is made to the process of formation of a plasma leaf created by the sliding discharge on a surface of a plate, with the viscous gas current streamlining its. It is shown that the character of development of the discharge is determined by parameters of gas in a boundary layer.