Relaxation of atmospheric pressure helium plasmas
- 28 March 1979
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 12 (6), 1043-1051
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/12/6/020
Abstract
A spectroscopic study of the relaxation of electron-beam-excited discharge plasmas in helium at pressures between 1 and 5 atm is reported. Initial charge densities produced exceeded 1014 cm-3 and the studies were conducted at 300K. A kinetic model describing the afterglow evolution was formulated and found to agree well with the experimental results. The role of electronic recombination of He3+ is discussed.Keywords
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