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Electron drift caused by rf field gradient creates many plasma phenomena: An attempt to distinguish the cause and the effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2011

C. L. XAPLANTERIS ,
E. D. FILIPPAKI ,
I. S. MISTAKIDIS  and
L. C. XAPLANTERIS
C. L. XAPLANTERIS
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, IMS, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, Athens, Greece Hellenic Military Academy, Vari Attica, Greece
E. D. FILIPPAKI
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, IMS, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, Athens, Greece
I. S. MISTAKIDIS
Affiliation:
Hellenic Military Academy, Vari Attica, Greece
L. C. XAPLANTERIS
Affiliation:
Faculty of Physics, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771 Ilissia, Athens, Greece (cxaplanteris@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

Many experimental data along with their theoretical interpretations on the rf low-temperature cylindrical plasma have been issued until today. Our Laboratory has contributed to that research by publishing results and interpretative mathematical models. With the present paper, two issues are being examined; firstly, the estimation of electron drift caused by the rf field gradient, which is the initial reason for the plasma behaviour, and secondly, many new experimental results, especially the electron-neutral collision frequency effect on the other plasma parameters and quantities. Up till now, only the plasma steady state was taken into consideration when a theoretical elaboration was carried out, regardless of the cause and the effect. This indicates the plasma's complicated and chaotic configuration and the need to simplify the problem. In the present work, a classification about the causality of the phenomena is attempted; the rf field gradient electron drift is proved to be the initial cause.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 165 - 174
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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