Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics Kinetics /

• Main Authors: Capitelli, Mario (Author), Celiberto, Roberto (Author), Colonna, Gianpiero (Author), Esposito, Fabrizio (Author), Gorse, Claudine (Author), Hassouni, Khaled (Author), Laricchiuta, Annarita (Author), Longo, Savino (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 85
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Mechanics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Plasma Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

Describing non-equilibrium "cold" plasmas through a chemical physics approach, this book uses the state-to-state plasma kinetics, which considers each internal state as a new species with its own cross sections. Extended atomic and molecular master equations are coupled with Boltzmann and...