A hierarchy of diffusion models for partially ionized plasmas
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Partially ionized plasmas corresponding to different ionization degrees are derived and connected one with each other by the diffusion approximation methodology. These plasmas are the following electrical discharges: a thermal arc discharge, glow discharges in local thermodynamic equilibrium -LTEand in non-LTE, and a non-LTE glow discharge interacting with an electron beam (or flow).
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