Physical properties of a transverse high-frequency gas discharge. II. Spatially non-uniform states in the discharge plasma

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For pt.I see ibid., vol.25, no.10, p.1454-60 (1992). On the the basis of the physical model of transverse high-frequency (HF) discharge presented in part I, the stability of a uniform discharge at high values of the HF discharge current is examined. Conditions for the discharge plasma column to break up into plasma filaments are determined and the physics of contraction with decreasing discharge current is considered. Numerical simulation of spatially nonuniform structures in transverse HF discharge is carried out. The results of this simulation describe adequately the experimentally observed plasma distributions in such a discharge.