Ionized Gases

by A.von Engel

Overview

Market: Scientists, engineers, and graduate students in atomic physics, astrophysics, spectroscopy, atmospheric and solid state physics, and semiconductor research. Drawn from the author's lectures to undergraduates at Oxford University, this 1955 work features probing analyses of many problems in atomic physics, plasma physics, spectroscopy, atmospheric and solid state physics. By emphasizing fundamental concepts and the limitations of treatments rather than the details of theories, this book has become a valued reference tool both in academia and among professionals in the scientific community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563962721
Publisher:	American Inst. of Physics
Publication date:	05/08/1997
Series:	AVS Classics in Vacuum Science and Technology
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	325
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Partial Contents: 1. Historical Notes. 2. Conduction in Feebly Ionized Gases. 3. Production of Charged Particles: Excitation and Ionization; Emission of Charges from Solids. 4. Mobility and Charge Transfer. 5. Diffusion and Mutual Repulsion: Diffusion; Mutual Repulsion. 6. Recombination: Recombination between Ion and Ion; Recombination between Ions and Electrons. 7. Ionization and Excitation in an Electric Field. 8. Glow Discharge.

Editorial Reviews

A collection of lectures, originally published in 1955, on fundamental concepts and the limitations of various analytical treatments. Covers conduction in feebly ionized gases, production of charged particles, diffusion and mutual repulsion, ionization and excitation in an electric field, and glow discharge. Eight appendices list similarity rules, electron energy distributions, useful integrals and functions, and conversion factors. The abundance of references make it valuable to today's physics students and researchers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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