A THEORY OF THE SUCCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF MOVING STRIATIONS IN THE PLASMA OF INERT GASES
A theory is elaborated on the successive production of moving striations (waves of stratification) in an inert gas. The stratiflcation of the plasma is interpreted as the successive production of regions with and alternately positive and negative space charge, i.e., as the products of a characteristic macroscopic periodic polarization of the plasma. The basic assumption of the theory is the relative independence of the chain of processes in each dark or light region of the striations, so that interaction between the regions occurs as a result of the electric field of the space charge in the neighboring region. Equations are derived expressing the chronological order of the processes leading to the production of a space charge in each individual region and the interaction of the regions. The solution of the equations leads to functions some of which are in agreement with experimental data while others cannot be verified on the basis of the experimental material at present and require the carrying out ot new experiments. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Inst. of Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-011312
- OSTI ID:
- 4266983
- Journal Information:
- Czechoslov. J. Phys., Journal Name: Czechoslov. J. Phys. Journal Issue: 5 Vol. Vol: 7; ISSN 0011-4626
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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