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Kinetics of the Electron Component in the Turbulent Electron‐Beam Discharge Plasma in Diatomic Gases and Comparison of some Macroscopic Properties between the Plasmas of the Beam and the Glow Discharge
Author(s) -
Starykh V. V.,
Wilhelm J.,
Winkler R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
beiträge aus der plasmaphysik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0005-8025
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.19800200102
Subject(s) - atomic physics , plasma , glow discharge , electron , range (aeronautics) , beam (structure) , cathode ray , inelastic collision , chemistry , materials science , physics , nuclear physics , optics , composite material
The present paper is devoted to the investigation of the kinetics of the electron component in the stationary beam discharge plasma in molecular nitrogen. Using the Boltzmann equation with the inclusion of the elastic and the main inelastic binary collisions and also the Coulomb interaction between the charged particles we have calculated the energy distribution function and some macroscopic quantities of the electrons within a large range of parameters. Using our earlier results for the beam discharge plasma in hydrogen, also the dependence of the macroscopic quantities on the kind of molecular gas is discussed. Finally, the comparison of some macroscopic properties of the beam and the glow discharge plasma was performed under the condition of equal power input per volume unit in both types of plasmas in nitrogen.