On the Stark Broadening of Singly Ionized Argon Lines

1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 772-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Dimitrijevic’
Keyword(s):  
Debye Length ◽  
Stark Broadening ◽  
Debye Shielding ◽  
Classical Formalism ◽  
Transition Array

Using a semi-classical formalism which includes Debye shielding, Stark broadening parameters of various components within the 4 s 2P - 4 p ´ 2P0 multiplet and the 4 p - 4 d (2P 0 - 2P, 2D0 - 2 P, 2D0 - 2D) supermutiplet of Ar II are computed. We show that when various components of a multiplet (supermultiplet or transition array) are broadened inequally by an embedded closelying perturbing level, use of a perturber param eter cut-off at the Debye length can restrain the calculated differences between Stark widths within the multiplet.

scholarly journals Spectroscopic Analysis of DC-Nitrogen Plasma Produced using Copper Electrodes

2021 ◽  
pp. 3560-3569
Author(s):  
Ala F. Ahmed ◽  
Ali A. Yousef
Keyword(s):  
Debye Length ◽  
Target Material ◽  
Optical Emission ◽  
Nitrogen Plasma ◽  
Molecular Spectra ◽  
Stark Broadening ◽  
Plasma Parameters ◽  
Working Pressure ◽  
Copper Electrodes ◽  
Copper Material

      This study shows the effects of copper material electrode, applied voltage, and different pressure values on electrical discharge plasma. The purpose of the work is the application of the spectral analysis method to obtain accurate results of nitrogen plasma parameters. By using the optical emission spectroscopy (OES), many N2 molecular spectra peaks appeared in the range from 300 to 480 nm. Also, some additional peaks were recorded, corresponding to atomic and ionic lines for nitrogen, target material, and hydrogen, in all samples. The electron density (ne) was calculated from the measurement of Stark broadening effect, which was found to decrease with increasing pressure from 0.1 mbar to 0.8 mbar. The higher emission intensities occurred at 0.2 mbar working pressure and were reduced with higher pressure. The vibrational temperature (Tvib) for N2 increased from 0.17 to 0.33 eV with increasing the pressure from 0.15 mbar to 0.2 mbar, then decreased to 0.25 eV with increasing the pressure to 0.8 mbar. Other plasma parameters were studied, which are electron temperature (Te), plasma frequency of electron ( ), and Debye length (λD).

scholarly journals Uniform derivation of Coulomb collisional transport thanks to Debye shielding

2014 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Escande ◽  
Yves Elskens ◽  
F. Doveil
Keyword(s):  
Effective Potential ◽  
Coulomb Potential ◽  
Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Debye Length ◽  
Length Scale ◽  
Debye Shielding ◽  
Rutherford Scattering ◽  
Coulomb Logarithm ◽  
Impact Parameters

The effective potential acting on particles in plasmas being essentially the Debye-shielded Coulomb potential, the particles collisional transport in thermal equilibrium is calculated for all impact parameters b, with a convergent expression reducing to Rutherford scattering for small b. No cutoff at the Debye length scale is needed, and the Coulomb logarithm is only slightly modified.

scholarly journals Electrostatic shielding in plasmas and the physical meaning of the Debye length

2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Livadiotis ◽  
D. J. McComas
Keyword(s):  
Charge Density ◽  
Positional Distribution ◽  
Debye Length ◽  
Boltzmann Distribution ◽  
Cylindrical Symmetry ◽  
Statistical Moment ◽  
Linear Charge Density ◽  
Debye Shielding ◽  
Electron Distributions ◽  
Non Equilibrium

This paper examines the electrostatic shielding in plasmas, and resolves inconsistencies about what the Debye length really is. Two different interpretations of the Debye length are currently used: (1) The potential energy approximately equals the thermal energy, and (2) the ratio of the shielded to the unshielded potential drops to 1/e. We examine these two interpretations of the Debye length for equilibrium plasmas described by the Boltzmann distribution, and non-equilibrium plasmas (e.g. space plasmas) described by kappa distributions. We study three dimensionalities of the electrostatic potential: 1-D potential of linear symmetry for planar charge density, 2-D potential of cylindrical symmetry for linear charge density, and 3-D potential of spherical symmetry for a point charge. We resolve critical inconsistencies of the two interpretations, including: independence of the Debye length on the dimensionality; requirement for small charge perturbations that is equivalent to weakly coupled plasmas; correlations between ions and electrons; existence of temperature for non-equilibrium plasmas; and isotropic Debye shielding. We introduce a third Debye length interpretation that naturally emerges from the second statistical moment of the particle position distribution; this is analogous to the kinetic definition of temperature, which is the second statistical moment of the velocity distribution. Finally, we compare the three interpretations, identifying what information is required for theoretical/experimental plasma-physics research: Interpretation 1 applies only to kappa distributions; Interpretation 2 is not restricted to any specific form of the ion/electron distributions, but these forms have to be known; Interpretation 3 needs only the second statistical moment of the positional distribution.

scholarly journals Influence of the Electrolyte Salt Concentration on DNA Detection with Graphene Transistors

Biosensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Agnes Purwidyantri ◽  
Telma Domingues ◽  
Jérôme Borme ◽  
Joana Rafaela Guerreiro ◽  
Andrey Ipatov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Species Interactions ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Debye Length ◽  
Intermolecular Forces ◽  
Single Layer Graphene ◽  
Dna Adsorption

Liquid-gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistors (GFET) are ultrasensitive bio-detection platforms carrying out the graphene’s exceptional intrinsic functionalities. Buffer and dilution factor are prevalent strategies towards the optimum performance of the GFETs. However, beyond the Debye length (λD), the role of the graphene-electrolytes’ ionic species interactions on the DNA behavior at the nanoscale interface is complicated. We studied the characteristics of the GFETs under different ionic strength, pH, and electrolyte type, e.g., phosphate buffer (PB), and phosphate buffer saline (PBS), in an automatic portable built-in system. The electrostatic gating and charge transfer phenomena were inferred from the field-effect measurements of the Dirac point position in single-layer graphene (SLG) transistors transfer curves. Results denote that λD is not the main factor governing the effective nanoscale screening environment. We observed that the longer λD was not the determining characteristic for sensitivity increment and limit of detection (LoD) as demonstrated by different types and ionic strengths of measuring buffers. In the DNA hybridization study, our findings show the role of the additional salts present in PBS, as compared to PB, in increasing graphene electron mobility, electrostatic shielding, intermolecular forces and DNA adsorption kinetics leading to an improved sensitivity.

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