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Title: Plasma channel created by ionization of gas by a surface wave

Journal Article · · Plasma Physics Reports
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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov General Physics Institute (Russian Federation)

Conditions for gas ionization in the field of a slow surface wave excited by a microwave source are considered. The gas ionization rate and the plasma density distribution over the radius of the discharge tube were studied by the optical method. The experiments were conducted in a dielectric tube with a radius much smaller than the tube length, the gas pressure being ∼1–3 Torr. It is shown that the stationary distribution of the plasma density is determined by diffusion processes.

OSTI ID:
22472107
Journal Information:
Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 41, Issue 9; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English