Development Of A Kinetic Spectral Model In Molecular Nitrogen Discharges

Spectral line intensities are a widely used tool in determining plasma properties in a wide range of plasmas. In atmospheric molecular gas discharges, these spectral lines are determined largely by the electron energy distribution function, EEDF, which is correlated to the reduced electric field. A kinetic model coupled to a spectral model would make extraction of plasma parameters from experimental spectra simpler and help identify gaps in our current understanding of molecular spectra in several kinds of discharges.