caa a22 4500 475822552 CHVBK 20180406123822.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02508526 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02508526 The pumping discharge for XeCl lasers [Elektronische Daten] [Yu. Bychkov, S. Gorchakov, S. Yampolskaya, A. Yastremsky] This paper presents the results of experimental studies on the homogeneity of a discharge in aNe−Xe−HCl gas mixture at a pressure of 2 atm in relation to the discharge current density, the cathode material (Al, Cu, Ti), and the mode of preconditioning of the cathode. With freshCu electrodes, a discharge of current density j∼50 A/cm2 with no cathode spot has been generated. Upon prolonged preconditioning ofAl andCu electrodes, a homogeneous discharge with j>100 A/cm2 and a high density of cathode spots has been realized. The results of numerical calculations based on a plasma model which allows for more than 300 plasma chemical reactions agree well with experiment. The plasma particle densities and the rates of death and birth of charged species are presented as functions of time. The physical processes occurring in the discharge plasma are analyzed. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000 Bychkov Yu aut Gorchakov S. aut Yampolskaya S. aut Yastremsky A. aut Russian Physics Journal Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 43/5(2000-05-01), 412-421 1064-8887 43:5<412 2000 43 11182 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02508526 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02508526 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bychkov Yu aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gorchakov S. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yampolskaya S. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yastremsky A. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Russian Physics Journal Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 43/5(2000-05-01), 412-421 1064-8887 43:5<412 2000 43 11182 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer