INVESTIGATION OF MICROWAVE COUPLING AND ENERGY PARTITION AND TRANSPORT WITHIN A PLASMA. VOLUME 2. CHAPTER 2. THE MEASUREMENT OF THREEBODY ELECTRON-ION RECOMBINATION IN A DENSE PLASMA.

Abstract

An experimental study of three-body recombination in a dense plasma of Helium with a trace addition of Argon is reported. The plasma studied was generated by the interaction of high intensity pulsed microwave radiation with a static volume of gas confined in a non-resonant waveguide cell. It was found that the recombi5ation coefficient varies linearly with pressure over the pressure range 100 to 800 torr. The experimental results are compared with the criteria for Gray and Kerr for distinguishing electron loss by recombination from loss by diffusion. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0421812

Entities

People

  • Edward Rolfe
  • John Kevin Silk

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Couplings
  • Diffusion
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Intensity
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Microwaves
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Transport Ships

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics