Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.1443m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A2, p. 1443-1460.
Physics
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Critical Velocity, Gas Ionization, Particle Collisions, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Barium, Charge Exchange, Electron Beams, Ion Beams, Mathematical Models
Scientific paper
The critical ionization velocity (CIV) for a neutral barium (Ba) gas cloud moving across the static magnetic field is studied numerically using quasi-linear equations and a parameter range which is typical for the shaped-charge Ba gas release experiments in space. For consistency the charge exchange between the background oxygen ions and neutral atoms and its reverse process, as well as the excitation of the neutral Ba atoms, are included. The numerical results indicate that when the ionization rate due to CIV becomes comparable to the charge exchange rate the energy lost to the ionization and excitation collisions by the superthermal electrons exceeds the energy gain from the waves that are excited by the ion beam. This results in a CIV yield less than the yield by the charge exchange process.
Goertz Christoph K.
Moghaddam-Taaheri E.
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