Ionization and Ion Transport: A primer for the study of gas discharges and plasmas

PRELIMS.pdf
	Preface
	Acknowledgement
	Author biography
		David B Go
CH001.pdf
	Chapter 1 Introduction
		1.1 Overview
		1.2 Classification of gas discharges
		1.3 Summary
CH002.pdf
	Chapter 2 Foundations from gas dynamics
		2.1 The atom, the molecule, and excited states
		2.2 The statistics of a gas
		2.3 Kinetics
			2.3.1 Collision theory
			2.3.2 Equilibrium behavior
		2.4 Summary
		References
CH003.pdf
	Chapter 3 Elementary electron behavior
		3.1 Electron-driven gaseous reactions
			3.1.1 Elastic collisions
			3.1.2 Excitation collisions
			3.1.3 Ionization collisions
		3.2 Electron–neutral collisions and the collision cross-section
			3.2.1 The nature of electron collisions
			3.2.2 Differential collision cross-section
			3.2.3 Elementary collision dynamics
			3.2.4 Realistic collision cross-sections
		3.3 Electron energy distribution
		3.4 Electron collision frequency and reaction rates
		3.5 Summary
		References
CH004.pdf
	Chapter 4 Gaseous ionization processes
		4.1 Electron-impact ionization
			4.1.1 Temporal electron avalanche
			4.1.2 Spatial electron avalanche
			4.1.3 Townsend’s first ionization coefficient α
		4.2 Ion-impact ionization
		4.3 Photoionization
		4.4 Thermal ionization
		4.5 Step ionization
		4.6 Penning ionization
		4.7 Electron attachment
		4.8 Summary
		References
CH005.pdf
	Chapter 5 Electrode processes
		5.1 Importance of electron emission
		5.2 Foundational concepts
			5.2.1 The solid state
			5.2.2 Fermi–Dirac distribution and the work function
		5.3 General electron emission
			5.3.1 Thermionic emission
			5.3.2 Photoemission
			5.3.3 Field emission
		5.4 Secondary emission
			5.4.1 Ion-induced secondary emission
			5.4.2 Secondary emission coefficient γ
			5.4.3 Metastable-induced secondary emission
		5.5 Summary
		References
CH006.pdf
	Chapter 6 Foundations from general transport theory
		6.1 Basics of transport
			6.1.1 Application of kinetics to transport
		6.2 Transport equations
			6.2.1 Continuum perspective—scalar transport equation
			6.2.2 Kinetic perspective—Boltzmann transport equation
			6.2.3 From the Boltzmann transport equation to macroscopic properties
		6.3 Summary
		References
CH007.pdf
	Chapter 7 Transport equations for gas discharges
		7.1 Equations for the charged particles
			7.1.1 Particle/charge conservation
			7.1.2 Momentum conservation
			7.1.3 Energy conservation
			7.1.4 Electric field
		7.2 The drift–diffusion approximation
		7.3 Summary
		References
CH008.pdf
	Chapter 8 Discharge initiation and plasma formation
		8.1 Townsend behavior below the breakdown threshold
		8.2 Pressure times distance and reduced electric field scaling
		8.3 Breakdown
			8.3.1 Townsend breakdown
			8.3.2 Streamer breakdown
		8.4 Summary
		References
CH009.pdf
	Chapter 9 The basic discharge structure
		9.1 The sheath and the plasma
		9.2 The physics of the sheath
			9.2.1 Debye length
			9.2.2 The potential field in the sheath
		9.3 Summary
		References
CH010.pdf
	Chapter 10 The classical dc discharge
		10.1 The basics of electrical circuits
		10.2 dc discharge circuit and operation
			10.2.1 The canonical current–voltage curve
			10.2.2 The discharge circuit
		10.3 Properties of the dc glow discharge
			10.3.1 The cathode fall
		10.4 Summary
		References
CH011.pdf
	Chapter 11 Whence and whither
		11.1 What was learned
		11.2 What is next