On the influence of energy transfer efficiency on the electron energy distribution function in HF sustained rare gas plasmas: experimental and numerical study
- 14 August 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 26 (8), 1230-1238
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/26/8/012
Abstract
The influence of the energy transfer efficiency on the elastic part of the electron energy distribution functions in HF sustained plasmas is investigated theoretically as well as experimentally. The gases considered are the rare gases argon, neon and helium. The different shapes of the observed electron distribution functions in their low-energy part are related to the energy transfer rate, which may be strongly energy-dependent via the momentum transfer collision frequency. The important of the Ramsauer minimum of argon for the formation of the shape of its electron distribution is pointed out. The different shapes observed for the distribution functions in helium and neon are interpreted in terms of the less energy-dependent energy transfer rates, due to the less pronounced variation of their momentum transfer cross sections.Keywords
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