Electron Kinetics and Applications of Glow Discharges

Lev D. Tsendin

ISBN 10: 1475785488 / ISBN 13: 9781475785487

Published by Springer US, Springer New York, 2013

About this Item

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book resulted from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Electron Kinetics and Applications of Glow Discharges,' held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 19-23, 1997. Glow discharges have found widespread applications in many technological processes from the manufacture of semiconductors, to recent developments in na- technology, to the traditional fields of gas lasers, and discharge lamps. Consequently, the interest in the physics of glow discharges has experienced yet another resurgence of interest. While the non-equilibrium character of glow discharges is widely accepted, the opinion still prevails that the main features can be captured by fluid models, and that kinetic treatments are only required for the understanding of subtle details. The erroneousness of this belief is demonstrated by the failure of fluid models to describe many basic features of glow discharges such as, for instance, electrode phenomena, striations, and collisionless heating effects. An adequate description of glow discharges thus has to be of kinetic nature.

Seller Inventory # 9781475785487

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Electron Kinetics and Applications of Glow Discharges
• Publisher: Springer US, Springer New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475785488
• ISBN 13: 9781475785487
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 31D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 31 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1061 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This book resulted from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on “Electron Kinetics and Applications of Glow Discharges,” held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 19-23, 1997. Glow discharges have found widespread applications in many technological processes from the manufacture of semiconductors, to recent developments in na- technology, to the traditional fields of gas lasers, and discharge lamps. Consequently, the interest in the physics of glow discharges has experienced yet another resurgence of interest. While the non-equilibrium character of glow discharges is widely accepted, the opinion still prevails that the main features can be captured by fluid models, and that kinetic treatments are only required for the understanding of subtle details. The erroneousness of this belief is demonstrated by the failure of fluid models to describe many basic features of glow discharges such as, for instance, electrode phenomena, striations, and collisionless heating effects. An adequate description of glow discharges thus has to be of kinetic nature.