Effects of the nonlocal energy spectrum of electrons in a spatially inhomogeneous microwave field
Abstract
The nonstationary Boltzmann equation for a spatially inhomogeneous electromagnetic field is solved numerically with allowance for the spatial diffusion of some atomic (Ar and He) and molecular (N2 and O2) gases in order to gain a better understanding of the nonlocal effect of the field on the microwave breakdown threshold. It is shown that the spatial diffusion of electrons leads to significant changes in the electron energy distribution function and has a noticeable effect on plasma characteristics.
- Publication:
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Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- September 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990ZhTFi..60..117P
- Keywords:
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- Cold Plasmas;
- Electron Energy;
- Electron Scattering;
- Energy Spectra;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Electromagnetic Fields;
- Microwave Emission;
- Molecular Gases;
- Nitrogen;
- Oxygen;
- Rare Gases;
- Plasma Physics