Issue
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Number C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
Page(s) C7-183 - C7-184
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1979790
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases

J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-183-C7-184

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1979790

EFFECT OF COLLISIONS BETWEEN THE METASTABLE ATOMS ON THEIR RADIAL TRANSPORT IN A POSITIVE COLUMN AT VARIOUS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF ELECTRONS

V. Martisovits

Institute of Physics and Biophysics, Komensky-University, 816 31 Bratislava, Mlynskà Dolina, Czechoslavakia.


Abstract
The purpose of the present contribution is to study the radial transport of metastables to the discharge tube wall when collisions between two metastable atoms are taken into consideration together with other destruction processes. The number density distribution of metastables across a section of the positive column and their flux to the discharge tube wall are calculated for various spatial distribution of electrons.