Thermodynamic generalization of the Saha equation for a two-temperature plasma

M. C. M. van de Sanden; P. P. J. M. Schram; A. G. Peeters; J. A. M. van der Mullen; G. M. W. Kroesen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.40.5273

Thermodynamic generalization of the Saha equation for a two-temperature plasma

M. C. M. van de Sanden, P. P. J. M. Schram, A. G. Peeters, J. A. M. van der Mullen, and G. M. W. Kroesen

Phys. Rev. A 40, 5273 – Published 1 November 1989

Abstract

A thermodynamic generalization of the Saha equation for the case of a two-temperature plasma is given on basis of a modification of the free energy. The resulting equation depends in the first approximation on the electron temperature only. This result has been obtained earlier on basis of kinetic arguments.

Received 21 March 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.40.5273

Authors & Affiliations

M. C. M. van de Sanden, P. P. J. M. Schram, A. G. Peeters, J. A. M. van der Mullen, and G. M. W. Kroesen

Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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