Validity of Saha's equation of thermal ionization for negatively charged spherical particles in complex plasmas in thermal equilibrium
- DST Project, Department of Education Building, Lucknow University, Lucknow 226 007 (India)
The authors have discussed the validity of Saha's equation for the charging of negatively charged spherical particles in a complex plasma in thermal equilibrium, even when the tunneling of the electrons, through the potential energy barrier surrounding the particle is considered. It is seen that the validity requires the probability of tunneling of an electron through the potential energy barrier surrounding the particle to be independent of the direction (inside to outside and vice versa) or in other words the Born's approximation should be valid.
- OSTI ID:
- 21537674
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 18, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3578347; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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