RATE OF INELASTIC ELECTRON PROCESSES IN A WEAKLY IONIZED PLASMA IN A NONSTATIONARY ELECTRIC-FIELD

Citation
Nl. Aleksandrov et al., RATE OF INELASTIC ELECTRON PROCESSES IN A WEAKLY IONIZED PLASMA IN A NONSTATIONARY ELECTRIC-FIELD, Plasma physics reports, 21(9), 1995, pp. 763-767
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
ISSN journal
1063780X
Volume
21
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
763 - 767
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-780X(1995)21:9<763:ROIEPI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
An approach is developed for calculating the rates of inelastic electr on processes in a weakly ionized plasma in a slowly varying electric f ield. For some specific gases (N-2, CO2, and Ar), the rate constants a re determined for the ionization, the attachment of electrons to molec ules, and the excitation of the electronic and vibrational states of m olecules. The results of numerical integration of the exact nonstation ary Boltzmann equation carried out in this paper are compared with the results obtained in the framework of the developed approach.