Thermodynamics of a nonideal hydrogen plasma

Journal Article · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · High Temp. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5405711

Kravchenko, V A

This paper studies a nonideal partially ionized nondegenerate hydrogen plasma. A convergent expression is obtained for the atomic partition function taking into account the effect of the plasma microfields on the electron spectrum of the atom. The concept of the lifetime of an atom in an external electric field is used to describe the effect of a plasma environment on the bound states. Using the method of partial distribution functions, an expression is obtained for the internal energy of the plasma, which is distinguished by a smaller correction for nonideality than the results obtained with the Debye-Huckel theory.

• Research Organization: L.D. Landav Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• OSTI ID: 5405711
• Journal Information: High Temp. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: High Temp. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 23:2; ISSN HITEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ATOMIC IONS
BOUND STATE
CHARGED PARTICLES
CORRECTIONS
DEBYE LENGTH
DIMENSIONS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRON DENSITY
ENERGY DENSITY
FUNCTIONS
HYDROGEN IONS
IONS
LENGTH
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MECHANICS
PARTITION FUNCTIONS
PLASMA SIMULATION
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SIMULATION
THERMODYNAMICS