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Kinetic theory of high-frequency and low-pressure atomic discharges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1997

N. PEYRAUD-CUENCA  and
P. FAUCHER
N. PEYRAUD-CUENCA
Affiliation:
UMR 6529 du CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, BP 4229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
P. FAUCHER
Affiliation:
UMR 6529 du CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, BP 4229, F-06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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Abstract

This paper gives a complete kinetic theory of atomic discharges whatever their parameters. Very high-frequency discharges and high-pressure continuous discharges were studied in an earlier paper by the same authors [J. Plasma Phys. 54, 309 (1995)]; in the present paper we study low-pressure continuous discharges or high-frequency discharges whose parameters satisfy different conditions and therefore cannot be described by the earlier model. Analytical results are applied to a high-frequency argon discharge and to a low-pressure continuous argon discharge. The results are in good agreement with the numerical results of Ferreira and co-workers.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , July 1997 , pp. 123 - 143
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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