Time-dependent Boltzmann equation in a self-sustained discharge XeCl laser: Influence of electron-electron and superelastic collisions
- 15 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 67 (2) , 1118-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.345800
Abstract
Electron energy distribution functions (EEDF) in a XeCl laser have been obtained by solving the time-dependent Boltzmann equation coupled to the circuit equations, plasmachemistry, and photon kinetics. The results show that in some zones of temporal evolution, EEDF does not instantaneously follow the alteration of electric field. Moreover, electron-electron and superelastic collisions play a non-negligible role in affecting EEDF and related quantities.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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