A previously developed model is extended to the case of excitation of the alkali nietals (Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs) by electron impact. The results of the cross-section calculations to transitions 110s -+ rfop (11,s being the ground state) are compared with experimental values. Numerical results concerning some other transitions are given in tabular form.
A plane grid probe is operated in a cesium-vapor-discharge plasma. The collected electron and ion currents are separated. The characteristic curve and its second derivative are analyzed. The densities, temperatures, and plasma potentials deduced from these curves are given and compared. .
des Aiguillettes, Case Officielle 140, 54037 Nancy, Cédex, France (Reçu le 27 septembre 1972, révisé le 1 er juin 1973) Résumé. 2014 Nous étudions différents cas possibles de répartition de potentiel entre grille et électrode collectrice d'une sonde à grille plongée dans un plasma maxwellien. Cette détermination analytico-numérique se fait à partir de l'équation de Poisson, le modèle choisi étant unidimensionnel. Les résultats exposés sont ceux obtenus dans le cas où le potentiel est monotone, puis dans celui où il présente un extrémum dans l'espace interélectrode.Abstract. 2014 We study different possible forms of the potential in the space between the grid and the collecting electrode of a grid probe immersed in a maxwellian plasma. The spatial variation of the potential is determined by a numerical-analysis solution of the Poisson equation in one dimension. The results are those obtained in the cases of a monotonic potential and of a potential with an extremum in the interelectrode space.
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