Plasma Kinetics in Atmospheric Gases (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 17, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9783540674160
Subjects: Atomic & molecular physics; Physical chemistry; Plasma Physics; Science/Mathematics; Nonequilibrium plasmas; Gas Lasers; Science; Oxygen; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Physics; Science / Nuclear Physics; Science / Physics; Science-Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Kinetic theory of gases; Lasers; Molecular gas lasers; Nitrogen
First sentence: Translational relaxation, that is, the process of evolution towards equilibrium of the translational degrees of freedom of heavy particles (atoms, molecules, ions), is one of the fastest collision relaxation processes.