A global (volume averaged) model of a nitrogen discharge: I. Steady state

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Thorsteinsson, E G ^a   Gudmundsson, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC IONS; ELECTRON AND ION DENSITIES; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EXCITED SPECIES; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; NITROGEN ATOM; NITROGEN DISCHARGES; PRESSURE RANGES; RELATIVE REACTION RATES; STEADY STATE; ABSORBED POWER; AVERAGE POWER; DISCHARGE POWER; DISSOCIATION FRACTIONS; DUTY RATIOS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PLASMA PARAMETER; PULSED-POWER; TIME DEPENDENT; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME VARYING;

ATOMS; DISSOCIATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS; REACTION RATES; MODULATION; PLASMA DEVICES;

NITROGEN; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 70350647328     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/18/4/045001     Document Type: Article

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