RECOMBINATION AND ATTACHMENT PROCESSES IN A REGION OF NON-UNIFORM DENSITY AT IONOSPHERIC ALTITUDES

Abstract

The loss rate of electrons by recombination and attachment in a region of non-uniform density is examined. It is assumed that the over-all distribution of particles in space with time is known. It is found that the effects of dissociative, ionic, and radiative recombination, electron attachment, and collisional detachment may be approximately represented by a single effective recombination coefficient. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0262740

Entities

People

  • George R. Swain

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Attachment
  • Charged Particles
  • Coefficients
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Particles

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster