CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT VIA FAST ION-MOLECULE PROCESSES IN A WEAKLY IONIZED NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMA

Authors
ALEKSANDROV NL OKHRIMOVSKII AM
Citation
Nl. Aleksandrov et Am. Okhrimovskii, CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT VIA FAST ION-MOLECULE PROCESSES IN A WEAKLY IONIZED NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMA, Plasma physics reports, 22(1), 1996, pp. 76-81
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Plasma physics reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063780X
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
76 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-780X(1996)22:1<76:CTVFIP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The effect of ion-molecule processes on the charged particle transport in a weakly ionized gas in a nonuniform and time-dependent electric f ield is studied theoretically. It is shown that these reactions may su bstantially accelerate the transport of charged particles along the fi eld. The expressions for the effective transport coefficients describi ng this effect are obtained. These coefficients are calculated for spe cific gas systems (N-2(+) and N-4(+) ions in N-2, and electrons and O- ions in air).