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Title: Plasma heating power dissipation in low temperature hydrogen plasmas

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4934229· OSTI ID:22486485
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyvaskyla (Finland)

A theoretical framework for power dissipation in low temperature plasmas in corona equilibrium is developed. The framework is based on fundamental conservation laws and reaction cross sections and is only weakly sensitive to plasma parameters, e.g., electron temperature and density. The theory is applied to low temperature atomic and molecular hydrogen laboratory plasmas for which the plasma heating power dissipation to photon emission, ionization, and chemical potential is calculated. The calculated photon emission is compared to recent experimental results.

OSTI ID:
22486485
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, Issue 10; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English