On the Influence of the Ionization-Recombination Processes on Hydrogen Plasma Polytropic Index
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2021-07-23 v2
Abstract
The polytropic (adiabatic) index for pure hydrogen plasma is analytically calculated as function of reciprocal temperature and degree of ionization. Additionally, the polytropic index is graphically represented as a function of temperature and density. It is concluded that the partially ionized hydrogen plasma cannot be exactly polytropic. The calculated deviations from the mono-atomic value 5/3 are measurable. The analytical result for pure hydrogen plasma is a test example how this approach can be extended for arbitrary gas cocktail.
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@article{arxiv.2008.03565,
title = {On the Influence of the Ionization-Recombination Processes on Hydrogen Plasma Polytropic Index},
author = {Todor M. Mishonov and Iglika M. Dimitrova and Albert M. Varonov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.03565},
year = {2021}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures, 32 refs