Nonequilibrium Processes in Partially Ionized Gases

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Theory of Electron Collisions in Partially Ionized Gases....Pages 1-18
Electron Collisions with Molecules....Pages 19-32
Electron Transport in Partially Ionized Gases....Pages 33-44
Non Equilibrium Plasma Kinetics....Pages 45-61
Modeling High Pressure Electric Discharges: Applications to Excimer Lasers....Pages 63-90
Energy Transfer in Atom/Molecule Collisions with Molecules and Surfaces....Pages 91-104
Reactivity Calculations for Elementary Atom-Diatom Processes and Applications to Non-Equilibrium Systems....Pages 105-128
Excimer Lasers: Status and Perspectives....Pages 129-154
Fundamental Properties of RF Glow Discharges: An Approach Based on Self—Consistent Numerical Models....Pages 155-186
Theory of High — Frequency Discharges....Pages 187-212
Volume Production of Hydrogen Negative Ions....Pages 213-226
Laser Diagnostics of a Hydrogen Discharge....Pages 227-240
Hydrogen-Surface Interactions....Pages 241-250
Plasma Assisted Thin Film Production WC, a-C:H and Diamond Films....Pages 251-259
Electric Discharge Lamps....Pages 261-268
Inelastic Scattering of Electrons from H 2 Molecule and First-Born Approximation: Role of Correlation....Pages 269-281
Electron - Molecule Collision Cross Sections for Etching Gases....Pages 283-290
Electron Collisions in Gas Switches * ....Pages 291-309
Theory of e - - Diatom Scattering at Low Energies....Pages 311-321
A Parameter-Free Theoretical Model for Low-Energy Electron Scattering from Polyatomic Molecules....Pages 323-332
Electron Collision Cross-Sections Determined from Beam and Swarm Data by Boltzmann Analysis....Pages 333-340
Electron Collision Cross Sections Involving Excited States....Pages 341-348
Electron Collision Cross Sections Involving Excited States....Pages 349-355
New Theoretical Approaches for Studying Electron Collisions with Small Molecules * ....Pages 357-364
Ion-Neutral Reactions....Pages 365-372
Energy Pooling Collisions: A Step Towards Ionization....Pages 373-382
Potential Energy Curves of Open Shell Systems (Excimers) from Molecular Beam Scattering....Pages 383-391
Molecular Beam Measurements of Ionization Cross Sections Relevant to Thermal Plasmas and Excimer Laser Systems....Pages 393-399
The Silent Discharge and Its Application to Ozone and Excimer Formation....Pages 401-410
Non Equilibrium Excimer Laser Kinetics....Pages 411-423
Study of a Photoswitched Discharge for Excimer Laser....Pages 425-432
A Self-Consistent Monte Carlo Modeling of RF Non-Equilibrium Plasma....Pages 433-440
Charged Particles Dynamics in Electropositive Glow Discharges Probed by Optical Diagnostics....Pages 441-449
Problems in the Experimental Determination of Electron Energy Distribution Function in RF Discharges....Pages 451-458
Spectroscopic Diagnostics in the Cathode Fall and Negative Glow of a Nitrogen Glow Discharge....Pages 459-466
Electron Kinetics in RF Discharges....Pages 467-477
A Radiofrequency Trap for Tests on Production and Excitation of Ions....Pages 479-484
Gas-Phase and Gas-Surface Interactions of Vibrationally Excited Hydrogen Molecules....Pages 485-497
Translational Energy Distribution Functions of H and H + in H 2 Volume Discharges....Pages 499-504
Numerical Simulation on Tandem Negative Ion Source....Pages 505-515
Atomic and Molecular Surface and Volume Processes in the Analysis of Negative Hydrogen Discharges....Pages 517-523
Interpretation and Analysis of the H 2 Vibrational Distribution in a Hydrogen Discharge....Pages 525-531
Electron Energy Distribution Functions in Magnetic Multipole Plasmas....Pages 533-540
Effects Due to Negative Ions and Particles in Plasmas....Pages 541-550
Electron and Vibrational Kinetics in Molecular Discharges....Pages 551-560
Laser Diagnostic of Radio-Frequency Oxygen Plasma....Pages 561-569
Spectroscopy and Kinetics of an Oxygen Glow Discharge....Pages 571-579
Simulation Work in Noble Gas Radiation Detectors....Pages 581-587
A Description of the Non-Equilibrium Behavior of Electrons in Matter: Macro-Kinetics....Pages 589-599
Thermalization and Transport of Sputtered Particles in Glow Discharges....Pages 601-606
The Free Electron Laser: A Simple Quantum Picture....Pages 607-615
Electron and Photon Collisions in Strong Laser Fields....Pages 617-639
Resonant Photopumping of Lithiumlike Ions in Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 641-650
Ionization and Deionization of Electron Beam Disturbed Air....Pages 651-658
Re-Entry Problems....Pages 659-668
Diagnostics of Atomic Species Near the Electrodes of a Fluorescent Lamp....Pages 669-676
Excited State Diagnostics in High Pressure Arc Lamps....Pages 677-683
Back Matter....Pages 685-695