Energetic ion, atom, and molecule reactions and excitation in low-current H2 discharges: Spatial distributions of emissions

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Petrovic Z Lj ^a,b   Phelps, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM EMISSION; CROSS SECTION; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTRODE SEPARATION; ENERGETIC ION; EXCITATION COEFFICIENTS; GAS DENSITY; H2 MOLECULE; HYDROGEN ATOMS; LOW PRESSURES; MEAN ENERGY; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOLECULE REACTIONS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELDS; UV EMISSIONS;

ATOMS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HYDROGEN; MOLECULES; NEODYMIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 68949146972     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.016408     Document Type: Article

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