This paper presents the modeling of microwave (2.45 GHz) discharges with cylindrical
symmetry, produced in the absence of an external magnetic field by TM 00 surface waves …

Neutral and charged particle densities, radial velocities, and temperatures are calculated as
functions of time for cylindrical discharges in helium at pressures from 1 to 1000 Torr and a …

An analytical model is developed to describe a thermionic plasma discharge. With three
easily interpreted algebraic equations, the behavior of the temperature, electron density, and …

On the basis of an analytic model developed previously [ST Pai, J. Appl. Phys. 71, 5820
(1992)], an improved version of the model for the description of dc glow discharge plasma …

The foundations of the Steenbeck minimum principle for arc discharges are reexamined.
The basis of its apparent experimental confirmation is also reexplored. It is shown that …

In the first part of this paper, the ionization-balance and excitation-balance equations for low-
pressure self-sustained rare-gas discharges are used to derive the scaling relationship that …

In this paper we describe the direct measurement of the neutral gas density and the
determination of the neutral temperature profiles in a low‐pressure weakly ionized argon …

A rare gas positive column plasma theory that takes into account the effect of various
chemical processes on the production, loss, and interconversion of metastable and ion …

A theory explaining the positive column constriction in terms of a thermal effect is presented.
As a consequence of the heating the neutral gas becomes more rarified near the tube axis …

The ionization balance in diffusion‐dominated discharges may depend on both one‐and
two‐step ionization processes. The Spenke diffusion equation (D∇ 2 n+ ν n+ kn 2= 0) …