Electron energy distribution function in decaying nitrogen plasmas
- 14 March 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 26 (3) , 418-423
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/26/3/011
Abstract
The electron energy distribution function (EEDF) in decaying nitrogen plasmas is investigated numerically. The comparison of the calculated and experimentally measured EEDF allows a correction to be made to the cross sectional magnitude for electron scattering from vibrationally excited molecules. The influence of electron-electron (e-e) collisions on the EEDF is investigated. It is shown that e-e collisions may have a strong influence on the EEDF in decaying plasmas even at very low degrees of ionization (2*10-6).Keywords
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