Electron energy balance in an ionization-unstable plasma in a magnetogasdynamic channel

An experimental investigation was made of the evolution of ionization instability in a model of a disk-shaped Faraday magnetogasdynamic channel connected to a shock tube in a pure rare gas (xenon) with an alkaline additive. The main components of the average electron energy balance were determined: the Joule heating power, the average rate of energy transport of the heavy component by elastic collisions, and the average rate of energy lost through ionization. It was found that the electron energy defect which includes losses not taken into account, increases abruptly at supercritical values of the magnetic induction and accounts for approximately half of the Joule heating power. It is concluded that some of the electron energy is transferred to pulsations.

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