Spatial relaxation of electrons in inert and molecular gas plasmas
- Institut fuer Niedertemperatur-Plasmaphysik, Greifswald (Germany)
The electron kinetics in spatially inhomogeneous plasma regions is a subject of growing interest with respect to the microscopic treatment of real discharge plasmas. In order to improve the understanding of the complex electron behaviour in inhomogeneous plasma regions an efficient approach for solving the one-dimensional inhomogeneous electron Boltzmann equation in weakly ionized, collision dominated plasmas has been recently developed. The kinetic equation includes elastic and inelastic collisions of electrons and the action of an inhomogeneous electric field. This method is used to investigate now the relaxation of the electrons to homogeneous states in different inert and molecular gas plasmas under the action of various constant electric fields.
- OSTI ID:
- 212772
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950749--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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