2D collisional-radiative model for non-uniform argon plasmas: With or without 'escape factor'

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Zhu, Xi Ming ^a   Tsankov, Tsanko Vaskov ^a   Luggenhölscher, Dirk ^a   Czarnetzki, Uwe ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

collisional radiative model; escape factor; optical emission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARGON; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

COLLISIONAL RADIATIVE MODEL; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; ESCAPE FACTORS; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS; RADIATION TRANSFER EQUATIONS; RADIATION TRAPPING; SELF CONSISTENT MODELING;

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

EID: 84922575664     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/48/8/085201     Document Type: Article

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