Electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas

The expression for electron impact ionization rate by a Maxwellian electron population drifting with respect to a uniform neutral atom background is derived. Depending on electron temperature, drift speeds between one to five times electron thermal velocity produce increments in the ionization rate...

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spelling paper:paper_1063651X_v64_n4_p5_Conde2023-06-08T16:03:50Z Electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas The expression for electron impact ionization rate by a Maxwellian electron population drifting with respect to a uniform neutral atom background is derived. Depending on electron temperature, drift speeds between one to five times electron thermal velocity produce increments in the ionization rate from two to seven orders of magnitude. Local ionization takes place over shorter distances than predicted for nondrifting electron populations and the results agree with previous experimental evidence on ionizing plasma double layers and electron attracting sheaths. © 2001 The American Physical Society. 2001 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1063651X_v64_n4_p5_Conde http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1063651X_v64_n4_p5_Conde
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description The expression for electron impact ionization rate by a Maxwellian electron population drifting with respect to a uniform neutral atom background is derived. Depending on electron temperature, drift speeds between one to five times electron thermal velocity produce increments in the ionization rate from two to seven orders of magnitude. Local ionization takes place over shorter distances than predicted for nondrifting electron populations and the results agree with previous experimental evidence on ionizing plasma double layers and electron attracting sheaths. © 2001 The American Physical Society.
title Electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas
spellingShingle Electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas
title_short Electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas
title_full Electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas
title_fullStr Electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas
title_full_unstemmed Electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas
title_sort electron impact ionization by drifting electrons in weakly ionized plasmas
publishDate 2001
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1063651X_v64_n4_p5_Conde
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