Statistical theory of plasma-molecular systems (original) (raw)
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Abstract
The basic principles of kinetic theory are formulated for combined plasma-molecular systems consisting of both free and bound charged particles. The description of the subsystem of bound particles is bassed on the classical model of atomic oscillators (this makes it impossible to take into account ionization and recombination processes, byt the general formalism is still quite useful). In the framework of such a model, collective electromagnetic processes in infinite and bounded plasma-molecular matter are studied. The influence of boundaries on the collision integrals, on the kinetic coefficients and on the space distributions of particles is investigated in detail. The theory of electromagnetic fluctuations in bounded plasma-molecular systems is developed as well. This theory is used to obtain the correlation functions of electron density fluctuations and spontaneous emission spectra. A numerical analysis of spontaneous emission spectra is presented for systems with plane-parallel boundaries. The generalization of the fluctuation theory of bremsstrahlung radiation in a plasma to the case of plasma-molecular matter is also discussed.
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Physics Reports
Pub Date:
April 1989
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