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The relaxation of a dense low-temperature plasma during cooling of the electrons on heavy particles and during dispersion of a plasma cluster into a vacuum is examined. The population kinetics is analyzed in the limiting cases of free escape and radiation capture. The results are presented for a numerical solution of the self-consistent (with respect to temperature and concentration of free electrons) problem of the relaxation of an atomic hydrogen plasma.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 3–10, September–October, 1973.
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Gudzenko, L.I., Syts'ko, Y.I., Filippov, S.S. et al. Deviations from thermodynamic equilibrium during recombination of a dispersing plasma. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 14, 605–611 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00856868
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