Recent advances in the understanding of homogeneous dielectric barrier discharges F. Massines, N. Gherardi, N. Naudé and P. Ségur Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys., 47 2 (2009) 22805 Published online: 28 April 2009 DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2009064