V. V. Rusanov, V. P. Silakov, A. V. Chebotarev, “Kinetic characteristics of heat process in molecular nitrogen during a non-equilibrium electrical discharge and in relaxation phase”, Keldysh Institute preprints, 2004,042, 28 pp.

Kinetic characteristics of heat process in molecular nitrogen during a non-equilibrium electrical discharge and in relaxation phase

V. V. Rusanov, V. P. Silakov, A. V. Chebotarev

Abstract: Within the framework of the developed approach to an evaluation of kinetic characteristics of heat of molecular nitrogen in non-equilibrium electrical discharges, the analysis of effectiveness of various mechanisms of heat of gas in discharge and relaxation phase is carried out. Is shown, that in a range of parameters E_eff / n_{N₂⁽⁰⁾} > 8·10^-16В·cm² and S > 1, the processes of fast quenching of electronic-excited terms of nitrogen molecules have essential influence to dynamics of a vibrational relaxation