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Research paper thumbnail of A comparative study of the electron distribution function in the positive columns in ? and ?/He dc glow discharges by optical spectroscopy and probes

Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 1998

We compare to the probe method a spectroscopic method for determining in plasmas the electron dis... more We compare to the probe method a spectroscopic method for determining in plasmas the electron distribution function (EDF) over a wide energy range. For a test of the radiative-collisional model we use to describe the plasma radiation, the measured vibrational distributions of 0963-0252/7/3/008/img12(C-B) and 0963-0252/7/3/008/img13(B-X) were compared with calculated ones using our model and EDFs measured by Langmuir probes. From this comparison we obtain a value for the rate constant for vibrational relaxation at the walls. In a second step we invert the system of model equations for obtaining the EDF from measured line intensities. From the vibrational structure of the emission spectra of the nitrogen molecule the EDF is obtained in the energy range of 1.5-4.5 eV. From the relative intensities of the emission of nitrogen molecules and helium atoms the EDF for electron energies above 11 eV is derived. In the region between these ranges the EDF is interpolated. The results agree within the limits of the experimental errors with the EDF measured directly by the probe.

Research paper thumbnail of A comparative study of the electron distribution function in the positive columns in ? and ?/He dc glow discharges by optical spectroscopy and probes

Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 1998

We compare to the probe method a spectroscopic method for determining in plasmas the electron dis... more We compare to the probe method a spectroscopic method for determining in plasmas the electron distribution function (EDF) over a wide energy range. For a test of the radiative-collisional model we use to describe the plasma radiation, the measured vibrational distributions of 0963-0252/7/3/008/img12(C-B) and 0963-0252/7/3/008/img13(B-X) were compared with calculated ones using our model and EDFs measured by Langmuir probes. From this comparison we obtain a value for the rate constant for vibrational relaxation at the walls. In a second step we invert the system of model equations for obtaining the EDF from measured line intensities. From the vibrational structure of the emission spectra of the nitrogen molecule the EDF is obtained in the energy range of 1.5-4.5 eV. From the relative intensities of the emission of nitrogen molecules and helium atoms the EDF for electron energies above 11 eV is derived. In the region between these ranges the EDF is interpolated. The results agree within the limits of the experimental errors with the EDF measured directly by the probe.

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