Kinetic Description of the Stationary Band‐Like Weakly Turbulent Beam Discharge Plasma in Hydrogen. I. Basic Equations — Numerical Approach — Ionization and Dissociation Budget

Abstract

On the basisof theelectron Boltzmannequation andof the balances for the charge carriers (e, H'., H2&, H,+), the H-atoms and the metasttible H(2s)-atoms for the H/H,-misture the behaviour of t,lie iveitkly trirbulent., band-like electron-beam discharge plasma in hydrogen has been calculated taking into mcount the main collision and transport processes. I n dependence of the normalized rlischitrge length, the life time of the neutral particles in the band-like plasma and the electron beam generated turbulence energy density the ionization and h c i a t i o n budget and in particular the most important electron-heavy particle collision rates, which appear in the balance equation system, are investigated in the present part of our paper. I n a second part the results related to t h e budget of the ions and the metastable atomic state will be reported and an analysis of the main processes in thc balances will be made.