Theoretical determination of the gas temperature in a nanosecond pulsed longitudinal discharge exciting high-power strontium atom lasers

Abstract

Abstract Assuming that the gas temperature varies only in the radial direction, an analytical solution of the steady-state heat conduction equation is found for a uniform power input in various gas mixtures and for different discharge tube designs. For this purpose, the heat conductivities of several 2- and 3-component gas mixtures are obtained under gas-discharge conditions optimal for the strontium atom laser.