Published March 1980
| Version v1
Journal article
Effect of electron--electron collisions on the electron rate coefficients in an inert-gas plasma
Creators
- 1. Moscow Physicotechnical Institute, Dolgoprudnyi
Description
The effect of electron--electron collisions on the electron rate coefficients is studied by solving the Boltzmann equation numerically for Ar, Kr, and Xe with an electric field. The average energy and drift velocity of the electrons, the electron energy balance, and the rate constants for exciting and ionizing atoms from ground and excited states by electron impact are calculated. An increase in the degree of ionization to 10-4 leads to substantial changes in the electron rate coefficients
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.)
- Journal Volume
- 25
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.).
- Journal Page Range
- 291-294
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13666501
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARGON; ATOMS; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON DRIFT; ELECTRON-ATOM COLLISIONS; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ENERGY; EXCITATION; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATES; IONIZATION; KRYPTON; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PLASMA; VELOCITY; XENON
- Descriptors DEC
- ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRON COLLISIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EQUATIONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; NONMETALS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; RARE GASES