Analysis of the Boltzmann low- and medium-energy equation in particle-beam-sustained molecular or atomic plasma discharges. Application to O<sub>2</sub>
N Peyraud-Cuenca; N Peyraud-Cuenca; Obs. de Nice, France
Журнал:
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Дата:
1990-10-28
Аннотация:
The paper is the third of three papers on the kinetics of particle-beam-generated molecular plasmas. The author completes the kinetic investigation by an analysis of the Boltzmann low- and medium-energy equation available for any stationary particle-beam-generated molecular (or atomic) plasma, including all inelastic processes. Use of this analysis together with the moment conservation equations provides a means to obtain analytically the electron density and 'temperature' in the plasma. Theoretical results are compared with experimental parameters measured in O<sub>2</sub> by Pointu and Zeller (1986) Orsay, with gun jet electrons, and orders of magnitude are in good agreement when diffusion is taken into account.
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