Theory of the Ionization Equilibrium in Nonideal Alkali Plasmas
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Annalen der Physik
- Vol. 489 (1) , 9-22
- https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.19774890103
Abstract
With the help of local pseudopotentials and binary distribution functions bound and scattering state parts of the thermodynamic functions of nondegenerate nonideal alkali plasmas with a large interaction parameter are calculated.The one‐particle distribution functions for the atomic levels are obtained by reinterpretation from the bound state part of the binary distribution functions. The ionization equilibrium is described by a Saha equation which is evaluated for certain ranges of temperature and density. The transition to high conducting states is discussed.Keywords
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