Analytic Electron Energy Distribution Functions for Electric Discharge Lasers.

Abstract

The Boltzmann equation for electrons is solved for background gases of one or two excited levels under conditions typical of electric discharge lasers. Reaction rates are assumed constant above a threshold energy, and the electron heating rate is assumed independent of energy. Elastic and superelastic collisions were not considered. Numerical solutions from a program developed in conjunction with Seward, Hastings, and Ercoline are in excellent agreement with the analytic solutions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064213

Entities

People

  • Thomas E. Gist

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Collisions
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Electron Interactions
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • High Energy
  • Lasers
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics