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Title
Kinetics and spectroscopy of low temperature plasmas [electronic resource] / Jorge Loureiro, Jayr Amorim.
ISBN
9783319092539 (electronic book)
3319092537 (electronic book)
9783319092522
3319092529
Published
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 450 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-09253-9 doi
Call Number
QC718.5.L6
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.4/4
Summary
This is a comprehensive textbook designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Both authors rely on more than 20 years of teaching experience in renowned Physics Engineering courses to write this book addressing the students' needs. Kinetics and Spectroscopy of Low Temperature Plasmas derives in a full self-consistent way the electron kinetic theory used to describe low temperature plasmas created in the laboratory with an electrical discharge, and presents the main optical spectroscopic diagnostics used to characterize such plasmas. The chapters with the theoretical contents make use of a deductive approach in which the electron kinetic theory applied to plasmas with basis on the electron Boltzmann equation is derived from the basic concepts of Statistical and Plasma Physics. On the other hand, the main optical spectroscopy diagnostics used to characterize experimentally such plasmas are presented and justified from the point of view of the Atomic and Molecular Physics. Low temperature plasmas (LTP) are partially ionized gases with a broad use in many technological applications such as microelectronics, light sources, lasers, biology and medicine. LTPs lead to the production of atomic and molecular excited states, chemically reactive radicals, and activated surface sites, which are in the origin, among others, of the deposition of thin films, advanced nanotechnology products, solar cells, highly efficient combustion motors, and treatment of cancer cells.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 5, 2016).
Series
Graduate texts in physics.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 3319092529
Part I Electron Kinetics
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Electrical Discharges
Chapter 2 Kinetic Description of a Plasma
Chapter 3 Boltzmann Equation in Velocity Space
Chapter 4 Boltzmann Equation with Time-Varying Fields
Chapter 5 Electron, Transport, Ionization and Attachment
Chapter 6 Presence of Space Charge Fields
Part II Plasma Spectroscopy
Chapter 7 Classification of Equilibria in Plasmas
Chapter 8 Emission Spectroscopy
Chapter 9 Absorption Spectroscopy
Chapter 10 Laser Spectroscopy
Chapter 11 Applications of Low-Temperature Plasmas. .
