Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Numéro C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
Page(s) C7-19 - C7-20
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1979709
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases

J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-19-C7-20

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1979709

INVESTIGATION OF THE ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION IN KRYPTON AFTERGLOW PLASMA

O. Angelov, A. Blagoev et Tc. Popov.

Sofia University.


Abstract
Several previous works /1-3/ made in the afterglow of helium, neon and argon positive column show out that in the initial period of the plasma decay, when the quantity of the excited atoms and charged particles has not yet been substantially decreased, the electron energy distribution function (EEDF) may substantially deviate from the Maxwellian distribution function in the high energy region : 1. The fast electrons number could be many orders higher than in a Maxwellian distribution with the temperature of the main group of electrons Te. 2.This number decreases in time much more slowly than usually presumed.