A simple collisional-radiative model for low-temperature argon discharges with pressure ranging from 1 Pa to atmospheric pressure: Kinetics of Paschen 1s and 2p levels

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Zhu, Xi Ming ^a   Pu, Yi Kang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON DISCHARGES; CAPACITIVELY COUPLED PLASMAS; COLLISIONAL RADIATIVE MODEL; DISCHARGE PARAMETERS; DISCHARGE PRESSURES; ELECTRON BEAM PLASMA; KINETIC DIAGRAMS; KINETIC PROCESS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROWAVE MICROPLASMA; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON BEAMS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LIGHT EMISSION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 72449188348     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/1/015204     Document Type: Article

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