Non-Maxwell behavior of electron energy distribution functions in expanding nitrogen arcs

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 478-481

  Capitelli, M ^a   Gorse, C ^a   Longo, S ^a   Dyatko, N ^b   Hassouni, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b TROITSK INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION AND FUSION RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IONIZATION; NITROGEN;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032181351     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6392     Document Type: Article

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