The NATO . Advanced Research Insti tute on Nonequilibrium Processes in Partially Ionized Gases was held at Acquafredda di Maratea during 4-17 June 1989. The Institute considered the interconnections between scattering and transport theories and modeling of nonequilibrium systems generated by electrical discharges, emphasizing the importance of microscopic processes in affecting the bulk properties of plasmas. The book tries to reproduce these lines. In particular several contributions describe scattering cross sections involving electrons interacting with atoms and molecules in both ground and excited states (from theoretical and experimental point of view), of energy transfer processes as well as reactive ones involving excited molecules colliding with atoms and molecules as well as with metallic surfaces. Other contributions deal with the basis of transport theories (Boltzmann and Monte Carlo methods) for describing the bulk properties of non equilibrium plasmas as well as with the modeling of complicated systems emphasizing in particular the strong coupling between the Boltzmann equation and excited state kinetics. Finally the book contains several contributions describing applications in different fields such as Excimer Lasers, Negative Ion Production, RF Discharges, Plasma Chemistry, Atmospheric Processes and Physics of Lamps. The Organizing Committee gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support provided by the NATO Science Committee as well as by Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Turismo of Maratea, by University of Bari, by C. N. R. (Centro di Studio per la Chimica dei Plasmi and Comitato per la Chimica), by ENEA, by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and by US Army Research Office.
Author(s): J. N. Bardsley (auth.), Mario Capitelli, J. Norman Bardsley (eds.)
Series: NATO ASI Series 220
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 695
Tags: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics;Electrical Engineering;Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons;Classical Continuum Physics
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
