Partially ionized plasmas in electromagnetic fields
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The interaction of partially ionized plasmas with an electromagnetic field is investigated using quantum statistical methods. A general statistical expression for the current density of a plasma in an electromagnetic field is presented and considered in the high field regime. Expressions for the collisional absorption are derived and discussed. Further, partially ionized plasmas are considered. Plasma Bloch equations for the description of bound-free transitions are given and the absorption coefficient as well as rate coefficients for multiphoton ionization are derived and numerical results are presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0602171,
title = {Partially ionized plasmas in electromagnetic fields},
author = {Dietrich Kremp and Dirk Semkat and Thomas Bornath and Michael Bonitz and Manfred Schlanges and Paul Hilse},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0602171},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
18 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in J. Phys.: Conf. Ser