Showing papers by "Christopher Gorse published in 1990"
01 Jan 1990
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the first attempts to couple EDF and the kinetics of heavy particles, in particular showing the strong coupling between the electron energy distribution function (EDF) and the vibrational content of the molecules.
Abstract: Non equilibrium plasma kinetics play an important role in understanding chemical reactions occurring under plasma conditions. The heart of the problem involves the characterization of the electron component through the Boltzman equation and of the heavy particle components through a generalized master equation approach 1,2. For along time the two kinetics have been decoupled, the lower decoupling being represented by a Maxwell distribution function for characterizing the electron energy distribution function (EDF). This approach, however, tends to be cancelled, despite the strong resistance of a part of the scientific community. Many years ago we have presented the first attempts to couple EDF and kinetics of heavy particles, in particular we have shown the strong coupling between EDF and the vibrational content of the molecules3. Nowadays this coupling is practically considered in all the calculations, as can be appreciated by looking at the specialized literature4,5.
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