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Inelastic Processes in a Gas-Discharge Plasma of Inert Gases

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The excitation rate constants of the lower excited states of inert gas atoms by electron impact in the gas-discharge plasma are determined with taking into account the self-consistent character of this process and the rates of similar processes in the plasma of alkali metals. The rate constants of the stepwise ionization in a uniform gas-discharge plasma of inert gases are determined. They are also determined in a nonunifom plasma if the nonuniformity is a result of the passage of a gas-discharge current. Based on the rates of these processes, the populations of lower excited levels are calculated in the case where the equilibrium in the gas-discharge plasma of inert gases is determined by inelastic collisions of electrons with atoms.

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The work was supported by State projects no. AAAA-A-16-116051810083-4.

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  1. National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute”, 111250, Moscow, Russia

    V. P. Afanas’ev

  2. Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, 125412, Moscow, Russia

    B. M. Smirnov & D. A. Zhilyaev

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Afanas’ev, V.P., Smirnov, B.M. & Zhilyaev, D.A. Inelastic Processes in a Gas-Discharge Plasma of Inert Gases. High Temp 56, 621–631 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018151X18050012

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