Accession Number:

AD0270550

Title:

MEASUREMENTS OF THE DECAY OF THE CONDUCTIVITY IN HIGH ELECTRON DENSITY

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO SCHENECTADY N Y

Personal Author(s):

• PERSSON,KARL-BIRGER

Report Date:

1961-10-31

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The properties of the electron-ion plasma are determined by the random and collective behavior of the electrons, the ions, and the neutral particles. The collective as well as the random behavior of the electrons are in most cases responsible for the character of the interaction between the plasma and an applied electromagnetic field. The measurements on the transient plasmas lead to information about ways electrons are lost such as ambipolar diffusion, recombination, and attachment. Measurements of this kind have been made on transient plasma for a long time with the microwave cavity method. Some measurements and conclusions are controversial because the interpreted effects are marginal. The effects are marginal because the measurements are done at too low electron densities. The objective is to extend the measurement that can be done through the interaction with an electromagnetic field into the high electron density range and resolve some controversial questions of the microwave cavity method. Author

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
• *ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
• *GAS DISCHARGES
• GAS IONIZATION
• INSTRUMENTATION
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• PARTICLES
• PERTURBATION THEORY
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• RECOMBINATION REACTIONS
• RESONANCE
• SOLENOIDS
• SPACE CHARGE
• TRANSFORMERS
• VACUUM APPARATUS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE