Nonequilibrium Processes in Partially Ionized Gases: Proceedings: 220 (NATO Science Series B: Physics) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0306435861 ISBN 13: 9780306435867

Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 1990

Synopsis

Invited Papers.- Theory of Electron Collisions in Partially Ionized Gases.- Electron Collisions with Molecules.- Electron Transport in Partially Ionized Gases.- Non Equilibrium Plasma Kinetics.- Modeling High Pressure Electric Discharges: Applications to Excimer Lasers.- Energy Transfer in Atom/Molecule Collisions with Molecules and Surfaces.- Reactivity Calculations for Elementary Atom-Diatom Processes and Applications to Non-Equilibrium Systems.- Excimer Lasers: Status and Perspectives.- Fundamental Properties of RF Glow Discharges: An Approach Based on Self-Consistent Numerical Models.- Theory of High-Frequency Discharges.- Volume Production of Hydrogen Negative Ions.- Laser Diagnostics of a Hydrogen Discharge.- Hydrogen-Surface Interactions.- Plasma Assisted Thin Film Production WC, a-C:H and Diamond Films.- Electric Discharge Lamps.- Contributed Papers.- Inelastic Scattering of Electrons From H2 Molecule and First-Born Approximation: Role Of Correlation.- Electron-Molecule Collision Cross Sections for Etching Gases.- Electron Collisions in Gas Switches.- Theory of e- -Diatom Scattering at Low Energies.- A Parameter-Free Theoretical Model for Low-Energy Electron Scattering from Polyatomic Molecules.- Electron Collision Cross-Sections Determined from Beam and Swarm Data by Boltzmann Analysis.- Electron Collision Cross Sections Involving Excited States.- Electron Collision Cross Sections Involving Excited States.- New Theoretical Approaches for Studying Electron Collisions with Small Molecules.- Ion-Neutral Reactions.- Energy Pooling Collisions: A Step Towards Ionization.- Potential Energy Curves of Open Shell Systems (Excimers) from Molecular Beam Scattering.- Molecular Beam Measurements of Ionization Cross Sections Relevant to Thermal Plasmas and Excimer Laser Systems.- The Silent Discharge and Its Application to Ozone and Excimer Formation.- Non Equilibrium Excimer Laser Kinetics.- Study of A Photoswitched Discharge for Excimer Laser.- A Self-Consistent Monte Carlo Modeling of RF Non-Equilibrium Plasma.- Charged Particles Dynamics in Electropositive Glow Discharges Probed by Optical Diagnostics.- Problems in the Experimental Determination of Electron Energy Distribution Function in RF Discharges.- Spectroscopic Diagnostics in the Cathode Fall and Negative Glow of a Nitrogen Glow Discharge.- Electron Kinetics in RF Discharges.- A Radiofrequency Trap for Tests on Production and Excitation of Ions.- Gas-Phase and Gas-Surface Interactions of Vibrationally Excited Hydrogen Molecules.- Translational Energy Distribution Functions of H+ and H in H2 Volume Discharges.- Numerical Simulation on Tandem Negative Ion Source.- Atomic and Molecular Surface and Volume Processes in the Analysis of Negative Hydrogen Discharges.- Interpretation and Analysis of the H2 Vibrational Distribution in a Hydrogen Discharge.- Electron Energy Distribution Functions in Magnetic Multipole Plasmas.- Effects Due to Negative Ions and Particles in Plasmas.- Electron and Vibrational Kinetics in Molecular Discharges.- Laser Diagnostic of Radio-Frequency Oxygen Plasma.- Spectroscopy and Kinetics of an Oxygen Glow Discharge.- Simulation Work in Noble Gas Radiation Detectors.- A Description of The Non-Equilibrium Behavior of Electrons in Matter: Macro-Kinetics.- Thermalization and Transport of Sputtered Particles in Glow Discharges.- The Free Electron Laser: A Simple Quantum Picture.- Electron and Photon Collisions in Strong Laser Fields.- Resonant Photopumping of Lithiumlike Ions in Laser-Produced Plasmas.- Ionization and Deionization of Electron Beam Disturbed Air.- Re-Entry Problems.- Diagnostics of Atomic Species Near the Electrodes of a Fluorescent Lamp.- Excited State Diagnostics in High Pressure Arc Lamps.- Participants.

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Nearly 60 papers consider the interconnections between scattering and transport theories and the modeling of nonequilibrium systems generated by electrical discharges, emphasizing the importance of microscopic processes in affecting the bulk properties of plasma. Among the topics are scattering cross-sections involving electrons interacting with at

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306435861
• ISBN 13: 9780306435867
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 690
• Editor: Capitelli Mario, Bardsley J.Norman