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Population inversion in recombining hydrogen plasma

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5540358
The collisional-radiative model is applied to a recombining hydrogen plasma in order to investigate the plasma condition in which the population inversion between the energy levels of hydrogen can be generated. The population inversion is expected in a plasma where the three body recombination has a large contribution to the recombining processes and the effective recombination rate is beyond a certain value for a given electron density and temperature. Calculated results are presented in figures and tables.
Research Organization:
Nagoya Univ. (Japan). Inst. of Plasma Physics
OSTI ID:
5540358
Report Number(s):
N-79-16669
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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