Zur mikrophysikalischen Beschreibung des schwachionisierten Säulenplasmas von Glimmentladungen in Stickstoff‐Neon‐Gemischen. I. Vergleich zwischen gemessenen und berechneten Geschwindigkeitsverteilungsfunktionen der Elektronen

Abstract

Abstract The isotropic part of the velocity distribution function of electrons is determined experimentally and theoretically for the plasma of the positive column of glow discharges in N 2 ‐Ne mixtures. The distribution functions are measured with electrical probes using the Druyvesteyn method. The calculation of the isotropic part of the distribution functions for homogeneous and stationary conditions from the Boltzmann equation takes into consideration the essential elastical and unelastical collision processes. The character of the obtained distribution functions is fixed by the reduced field strength E/p 0 and the mixture ratio x = N 2 /N 2 + Ne), which is varied in this paper in the range between pure nitrogen and pure neon. The distribution functions are found to be influenced by elastic and unelastic collisions of electrons with nitrogen molecules even at smal admixtures of N 2 . Comparing the experimental results for the distribution functions with those received by the calculations a good agreement is observed.