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Phys. Rev. A 43, 723 - 734 (1991)

Kinetics and continuum emission of negative atomic ions in partially ionized plasmas

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W. H. Soon and J. A. Kunc
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Department of Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1191

Received 10 July 1990

Kinetics and continuum emission of negative ions are studied in stationary atomic hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen plasmas. The intensity of the negative-ion emission was found to be negligible when compared to those of bound-bound and free-bound emission at low and medium particle densities. However, the negative-ion continuum emission can contribute significantly in certain parts of the emission spectrum at high particle densities.


©1991 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v43/p723
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.43.723
PACS: 51.10.+y, 51.30.+i, 52.25.Dg, 52.25.Jm

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