TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling an Ar-Hg fluorescent lamp plasma using a 3 electron-temperature approximation
AU - Hartgers, A.
AU - Mullen, van der, J.J.A.M.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - By using a 3 electron-group model to describe the deviation from a Maxwellian electron energy distribution, a collisional radiative model describing a low temperature Ar-Hg plasma is greatly improved. Previously, the ionisation mechanisms of such plasmas, commonly used in fluorescent lamps, could not be satisfactory modelled. Where using a Maxwellian electron energy distribution showed the production of argon ions to be dominating over the production of mercury ions, the 3 temperature approximation yields a mercury ionization rate which is 30 times larger than the argon ionization rate.
AB - By using a 3 electron-group model to describe the deviation from a Maxwellian electron energy distribution, a collisional radiative model describing a low temperature Ar-Hg plasma is greatly improved. Previously, the ionisation mechanisms of such plasmas, commonly used in fluorescent lamps, could not be satisfactory modelled. Where using a Maxwellian electron energy distribution showed the production of argon ions to be dominating over the production of mercury ions, the 3 temperature approximation yields a mercury ionization rate which is 30 times larger than the argon ionization rate.
U2 - 10.1088/0022-3727/34/12/322
DO - 10.1088/0022-3727/34/12/322
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-3727
VL - 34
SP - 1907
EP - 1913
JO - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
IS - 12
ER -