Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy (JMPEE)
TITLE	Absorption of Microwave Power by Plasmas [PDF]
AUTHORS	F.H. Dorman and F.K. McTaggart 1970 5 1 4-16
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Abstract The power absorbed by the gases He, Ar, when excited to the plasma state by microwave absorption at 900 MHz, for power inputs of several hundred watts, has been determined experimentally. The power absorbed passes through a maximum at a pressure characteristic of each gas, in a range of 1-80 Torr. The basic plasma equations have been examined in order to give a discussion of the effects of the various physical parameters when the plasma is in a near resonance state with respect to its electron concentration.