| Abstract: | Relaxation of Distribution Function and Macroscopic Parameters of Electrons in Temporal Decaying Neon Plasma without Field Heating We investigate the field-free collision-dominated relaxation in the afterglow of a weak ionized plasma in the first period of temporal decay which is determined especially by the quick alterations in the electron component because of the small inertia of electrons. Therefore the evolution in time of the electron distribution and hence the macroscopic coefficients determined thereby are calculated in dependence on the action of elastic and exciting collisions between electrons and neutral atoms. On the basis of these results we have found characteristic times controlling the relaxation process which depend especially on the action of the different kinds of collisions. Thus it is possible to get a good microscopic understanding of the field free collision dominated relaxation of the electron component. |
