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Influence of Nonideality Effects on the Ionization and Recombination Coefficients of a Reacting Hydrogen Plasma
Author(s) -
Bornat Th.,
Schlanges M.,
Kremp D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150280107
Subject(s) - plasma , ionization , quasiparticle , hydrogen , recombination , rate equation , quantum , kinetic energy , nonlinear system , materials science , thermodynamics , atomic physics , physics , kinetics , ion , chemistry , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , superconductivity , gene
On the basis of generalized quantum kinetic equations for chemically reacting systems which include many particle effects, the ionization and recombination coefficient of a dense hydrogen plasma are determined. Using a simple approximation for the continuum shift in the quasiparticle energies, nonideality effects are taken into account and lead to a nonlinear density dependence of the rate coefficients. In the case of thermodynamic equilibrium the rate equation yields a Saha equation for a nonideal plasma.