CONDUCTION AND RADIATION OF A XENON
PLASMA IN ELECTRIC-DISCHARGE PUMPING SOURCES
B. A. Barikhin and Yu. I. Kryshalovich

UDC 533.9.082.715+681.7.069.24

A quantitative analysis of the conditions of stabilization 
of the conduction of a plasma at the leading edge of an electric-discharge 
pulse in xenon is performed. The ranges of gas pressures and plasma 
temperatures in the region of stabilization are estimated. It is established 
that the homogeneity of the discharge plasma is the deciding factor 
for stabilization of its conduction. It is noted that under certain 
conditions self-structurization of the plasma is attained. The role 
of impurities in the formation of the mechanism of conduction and 
their influence on the plasma radiation are evaluated. Calculated 
data are compared with data of experiments.

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