Kinetics of Ionization-Recombination of a Plasma and Population Density of Excited Ions. V. Ionization-Recombination and Equilibrium Plasma
Abstract
Simple approximate formulas are proposed for the collisional-radiative ionization rate coefficient and recombination rate coefficient for hydrogen-like ions. These formulas are based on the continuation properties of various atomic quantities from the discrete states across the ionization limit to the continuum states. For an equilibrium plasma ionization ratio and population density distribution are discussed. The validity criterion for partial LTE (local thermodynamic equilibrium) is presented, which is much more stringent than Griem’s criterion. The case of non-hydrogenic ions is briefly discussed.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- August 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1143/JPSJ.54.2905
- Bibcode:
- 1985JPSJ...54.2905F
- Keywords:
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- Hydrogen Ions;
- Ion Production Rates;
- Plasma Equilibrium;
- Radiative Recombination;
- Recombination Coefficient;
- Electron Density (Concentration);
- Electron Energy;
- Helium Ions;
- Ionizing Radiation;
- Populations;
- Plasma Physics