: Boris M. Smirnov
: Theory of Gas Discharge Plasma
: Springer-Verlag
: 9783319110653
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: CHF 85.90
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: Theoretische Physik
: English
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Th s book presents the theory of gas discharge plasmas in a didactical way. It explains the processes in gas discharge plasmas. A gas discharge plasma is an ionized gas which is supported by an external electric field. Therefore its parameters are determined by processes in it. The properties of a gas discharge plasma depend on its gas component, types of external fields, their geometry and regimes of gas discharge. Fundamentals of a gas discharge plasma include elementary, radiative and transport processes which are included in its kinetics influence. They are represented in this book together with the analysis of simple gas discharges. These general principles are applied to stationary gas discharge plasmas of helium and argon. The analysis of such plasmas under certain conditions is theoretically determined by numerical plasma parameters for given regimes and conditions.

Preface6
Contents8
1 Introduction12
Part I Processes in Gas Discharge Plasma21
2 Properties of Gas Discharge Plasma22
2.1 Equilibria and Distributions of Particles in Gases and Plasmas22
2.2 Basic Plasma Parameters26
2.3 Transport Coefficients28
2.4 Ionization Equilibrium in Gas Discharge Plasma29
2.5 Thermoemission of Electrons from the Cathode32
2.6 Parameters of Helium and Argon Atoms and Ions34
3 Elementary Processes in Gas Discharge Plasma39
3.1 Elastic Collisions of Classical Atomic Particles39
3.2 Elastic Electron-Atom Scattering in Slow Collisions42
3.3 Inelastic Electron Collisions with Atoms48
3.4 Resonant Atom Transitions in Collisions with Electrons51
3.5 Transitions Between Neighboring Atom States in Collisions With Electrons55
3.6 Atom Ionization by Electron Impact58
3.7 Recombination of Electrons and Ions in Plasma66
3.8 Three