The electron diffusion coefficient in energy in bounded collisional plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3 PART 2, 2006, Pages 728-737

  Tsendin, Lev D ^a  

^a PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electron kinetics; Gas discharge; Transport in plasmas

Indexed keywords

COLD ELECTRONS; COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON KINETICS; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY RELAXATIONS; EXCITATION RATES; FIRST IONIZATION POTENTIALS; GAS DISCHARGE; GAS-DISCHARGE PLASMAS; MOMENTUM RELAXATIONS; NON LOCALITIES; NONMONOTONIC; NONUNIFORM PLASMAS; RADIAL PROFILES; RANDOM-WALK PROCESS; STOCHASTIC HEATING; TRANSPORT IN PLASMAS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; GASES; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; PLASMAS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

ELECTRONS;

EID: 33846885371     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.875845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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