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Monatomic plasma-thermal radiation interaction: a weakly-ionized kinetic model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Warren F. Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Utah State University
Vedat S. Arpaci
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

Abstract

A model for the kinetic formulation of a weakly-ionized monatomic gas, which interacts with thermal radiation, is proposed. The collision terms for particle-initiated ionization, developed in terms of a non-equilibrium degree of ionization, and the collision terms for photon-initiated ionization, developed by assuming particles remain in local equilibrium during photon relaxation, all satisfy the usual conservation principles. It is also shown that the proposed model leads to an H theorem.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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