Annotation
The mechanism of heating of a molecular gas in a free-localizing RF discharge in a focused beam was investigated. The experiments were made in nitrogen and air at pressures from 1 to 100 Torr. It has been shown that at high values of the reduced electric field strength, one of the principal mechanisms that bring about gas heating in a free-localizing RF discharge is the quenching of long-living electron-excited states of nitrogen molecules.
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Authors
A.M. Devyatov, A.A. Kuzovnikov, V.V. Lodinev, V.M. Shibkov
Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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