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Variations in the electron energy distribution function in discharge plasma of a unipolar gas breakdown

V.P. Savinov$^1$, A.K. Sukhov$^2$, T.P. Kopeikina$^2$

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2009. 64. N 5. P. 532

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Annotation

It is experimentally demonstrated that the electron energy distribution function (EEDF) and electron density in plasma of a little-studied pulse discharge of a unipolar gas breakdown (UGB) significantly vary in time. The revealed behavior of its plasma parameters is explained based on the proposed physical model of a UGB discharge.

Received: 2009 April 21
Approved: 2009 October 9
PACS:
52.50.Dg Plasma sources
52.50.Nr Plasma heating by DC fields; ohmic heating, arcs
52.80.-s Electric discharges
52.80.Tn Other gas discharges
Authors
V.P. Savinov$^1$, A.K. Sukhov$^2$, T.P. Kopeikina$^2$
$^1$Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
$^2$Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Nekrasov Kostroma State University, Kostroma, 156961, Russia
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