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Gaseous electronics and gas lasers /

Gaseous Electronics and Gas Lasers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cherrington, Blake E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Pergamon Press, [1979]
Colección:International series in natural philosophy ; v. 94.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Gaseous Electronics and Gas Lasers; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Gas discharge Species; 1.2 Interactions between Species; 1.3 Basic Characterization of Electrons; 1.4 References; Chapter 2. Elementary Theory of a Gas Discharge; 2.1 The Langevin Equation; 2.2 Mobility, Conductivity and Dielectric Constant; 2.3 Energy Balance, Electron Temperature and Energy Relaxation; 2.4 References; Chapter 3. Collisions; 3.1 Cross Section, Mean Free Path and Collision Frequency; 3.2 Classical Scattering by a Central Force.
  • 3.3 Inelastic Collisions3.4 References; Chapter 4. Distribution Functions and the Boltzmann Equation; 4.1 Averages and Collisional Rates; 4.2 Equilibrium Distributions and Rates; 4.3 The Boltzmann Equation; 4.4 Expansion of the Boltzmann Equation for an Applied Electric Field; 4.5 Distribution Function for an Applied Electric
  • Field Elastic Collisions only; 4.6 Distribution Functions when Electron-Electron Collisions are Important ; 4.7 Distribution Functions when Inelastic Collisions Dominate; 4.8 Approximate Analytic Techniques for Determining Distribution Functions and Rates.
  • 4.9 ReferencesChapter 5. Transport Coefficients; 5.1 Electrical Conductivity; 5.2 Mobility; 5.3 Diffusion; 5.4 The Einstein Relation and Characteristic Energy; 5.5 Corrections to the Langevin Equation; 5.6 References; Chapter 6. The Fluid Equations; 6.1 The Continuity Equation; 6.2 The Momentum conservation Equation; 6.3 The Energy-conservation Equation; 6.4 References; Chapter 7. Electron-density Decay Processes; 7.1 Diffusion; 7.2 Recombination; 7.3 Attachment; 7.4 References; Chapter 8. DC Discharges
  • The Positive Column; 8.1 Diffusion-dominated Discharges.
  • 8.2 Attachment-and Recombination-dominated Discharges8.3 Constriction and Instability of the Positive Column; 8.4 References; Chapter 9. Excited Species; 9.1 Radiatively Decaying Species; 9.2 Collisionally Decaying Species; 9.3 References; Chapter 10. Atomic Neutral Gas Lasers; 10.1 The Laser Concept; 10.2 The Helium-neon Laser; 10.3 Electron Collision-pumped Lasers; 10.4 References; Chapter 11. Ion Lasers; 11.1 Metal Vapor Lasers; 11.2 Rare-gas Ion Lasers; 11.3 References; Chapter 12. Molecular Gas Lasers; 12.1 Molecular Structure and Nomenclature; 12.2 The Molecular Nitrogen Laser.
  • 12.3 The Molecular Hydrogen Laser12.4 CO2 Lasers; 12.5 Excimer Lasers; 12.6 References; Appendix A: Expansion of the Boltzmann Equation in Spherical Harmonics; Index; OTHER TlTLES IN THE SERIES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.