Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
A summary of theoretical calculations of the ionization processes in mercury plasma is presented. Various possible ionization processes are analyzed and discussed. It is found that the ionization due to excited state interactions is dominant when the degree of ionization is small and that the ionization due to multistep electron impact is significant when the degree of ionization is high.
Keywords:
PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND NUCLEAR
Type:
NASA-CR-130924
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JPL-TM-33-596
Format:
application/pdf
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